Sheet Metal Box Layout

Make a custom sheet metal box.

Sheet metal box layout.

Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured. Expand the wizards drop down. Box bending can be rather tricky with sheet metal because of the geometry of a press brake. If you can t visualize how the flat pattern for a box should.

Layout line on your sheet metal to designate where you will be cutting and bending. When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material. 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. Enter the desired parameters and click ok.

A flat version of your box. Making a mock up out of cheap material is always a good practice to have when building. From the list select sheet metal box. When bending with large returns there are a few tricks outside of just tooling selection.

In the workspace add desired custom features as needed. Typically the upper beam or punch holder will get in the way of very deep boxes. Using the gopro hero3 making videos for education. Before we begin we need a plan of action.

Cut the squares out. Open emachineshop cad and select file new. It s easy to cut and bend but still has plenty of strength. With the patterns on the following pages and your sheet metal in hand it s time to lay out the project.

1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. 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. You ll want metal that s thick enough to make for a sturdy box but thin enough to bend. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles.

Measure your cuts and bends. Then all you need to do is cut out the pattern make the bends and spray on a coat of paint. For shop projects like these 22 gauge steel is about right. Sheet metal box step 1.

Bends in sheet metal are manufactured using sheet metal brakes. Clamp the sheet metal to the.