Sheet Metal Box Layout

For shop projects like these 22 gauge steel is about right.

Sheet metal box layout.

Open emachineshop cad and select file new. Layout line on your sheet metal to designate where you will be cutting and bending. From the list select sheet metal box. Measure your cuts and bends.

Cut the squares out. When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material. Making a mock up out of cheap material is always a good practice to have when building. Before we begin we need a plan of action.

If you can t visualize how the flat pattern for a box should. Then all you need to do is cut out the pattern make the bends and spray on a coat of paint. When bending with large returns there are a few tricks outside of just tooling selection. A flat version of your box.

Make a custom sheet metal box. Clamp the sheet metal to the. Typically the upper beam or punch holder will get in the way of very deep boxes. Bends in sheet metal are manufactured using sheet metal brakes.

In the workspace add desired custom features as needed. Addeddate 2017 01 17 20 55 49 identifier in ernet dli 2015 16712 identifier ark ark 13960 t67429681 ocr abbyy finereader 11 0 ppi 600 scanner internet archive python library 1 2 0 dev4. It s easy to cut and bend but still has plenty of strength. Enter the desired parameters and click ok.

Making a metal box 1. Sheet metal boxes are two part enclosures made by cutting metal sheets and then bending the resulting parts using a press brake to form a box. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. I have a graph paper drawing in the pics below but its not for this box 2 trace your template on to your piece of sheet metal as pictured i suggest 20 22 gauge steel 3 cut your piece into the same shape as template.

Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles. Box bending can be rather tricky with sheet metal because of the geometry of a press brake. Sheet metal box step 1. Using the gopro hero3 making videos for education.

Expand the wizards drop down. You ll want metal that s thick enough to make for a sturdy box but thin enough to bend.