Sheet Metal Box Pattern

A flat version of your box.

Sheet metal box pattern.

Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop. It s easy to cut and bend but still has plenty of strength. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5.

The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box. By adding cutouts for ports switches ventilation or mounting these versatile and cost effective enclosures can be used in applications ranging from electronics to robotics. Then all you need to do is cut out the pattern make the bends and spray on a coat of paint. 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.

Brother scanncut embossing starter kit caebskit1 accessory set with mat tools metal sheets and 50 embossing patterns for diy cutting machine 4 4 out of 5 stars 81 58 85 58. If you are making a waterproof box insert rubber washers on the bolts before installing the hinges. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles.

To make things easy for my students i designed our classroom box so it would be able to work on the size of a standard 8 5 x 11 piece of paper. 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. For shop projects like these 22 gauge steel is about right. Lay out the panels for your box on the sheet metal using the measuring tape and the permanent marker.