Homemade Sheet Metal Box

Adjust the brake so as to be adjoined to metal strip tightly.

Homemade sheet metal box.

Eventually i will add fingers so that i can make complete 4 sided boxes. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Duct metal is a good material. You ll need to cut the corrugated metal and metal flashing into four 22 sections the redwood for the box into eight 48 sections and the redwood for the decorative top of the box into four 48 pieces that are ripped in half cut in half to make it look a little nicer.

How to make a sheet metal box. You ll want metal that s thick enough to make for a sturdy box but thin enough to bend. A flat version of your box. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc.

Use red sheet metal snips to cut panels for the short sides. Once again place the sheet metal strip 0 50mm from previous step between bender and bed but this time a little higher from the surface of bed bender. These lines will mark where the walls are. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

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Metal angle or metal wire could be an alternative to 2 4 on top if you prefer not to use it. Using wood screws attach one 2 4 on top. Place another piece from the same sheet metal strip 0 50mm vertically onto the bed and between the brake and the first one. Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this.

This is a basic tool project. You will be bending the four sides up to make the walls so measure out equal lines parallel to the edges. Diy sheet metal brake this is just a basic 30 metal brake made from scrap steel. 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.

Step 1 obtain sheet metal. Step 2 use the cutting torch to cut out each panel and then grind the edges smooth with the hand held grinder. I hope you like this video. You ll want to start with a rectangular piece 1 x research sourcestep 2 measure your cuts and bends.

This will prevent the box from coming apart once dirt is added inside. A typical box will have six panels total with opposite sides matching one another in length and width.