Plan Sheet Metal Box Layout

If you have been working in a sheet metal shop plan to work in one or just want to sharpen and improve your skills with sheet metal then this manual will help you to do that.

Plan sheet metal box layout.

Engineered to dramatically reduce the time it takes to develop and lay out flat patterns design2fab gives sheet metal fabricators hvac shops and mep contractors the ability to create complex custom fitting layouts in minutes rather than. The goal of this manual is to help you gain an understanding of precision sheet metal layout and show you how to do flat pattern development while becoming more efficient with math in the shop. For shop projects like these 22 gauge steel is about right. This is a tutorial video on how to make a sheet metal tool box.

Sheet metal can be cut bent and stretched into an amazing array of shapes. To meet unique sheet metal design challenges like manufacturability solid edge streamlines the entire sheet metal product development process from cad design through flat pattern and drawing development. This is the last sheet metal project i assign in my level one manufacturing class. Using the gopro hero3 making videos for education.

It shows the layout cutting forming and three different options for welding the box togethe. The half elevation is drawn in the usual manner and the slant heights of the cones forming the different portions thus obtained. Sheet metal tool tray. Then all you need to do is cut out the pattern make the bends and spray on a coat of paint.

Design2fab sheet metal layout software makes it easy to create hvac duct mechanical kitchen industrial roofing and other specialty fitting layouts. It s easy to cut and bend but still has plenty of strength. 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. This is the first multiple part project my students work with in class that they will have to assemble together.

With the patterns on the following pages and your sheet metal in hand it s time to lay out the project. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5. I like this project because it makes the students re.