This is a basic tool project.
How to create lip in sheet metal boxes.
Once all of the squares are cut out you ll be left with the four flaps.
Take a look at the attached file and perhaps you will get some ideas.
Make sure that it is lined up with the line you measured earlier.
On the ribbon click 3d model tab show panel icon.
It shows the layout cutting forming and three different options for welding the box togethe.
Make the box like a modified refrigerator and door or like one would be like if the fridge was laying on it s side.
One thing to be aware of here is that depending on the kind of plating the part will receive after fabrication as well as the type of material it s made of the insert may need to be installed before or after the post processing operation.
I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc.
Select plastic part panel to display the plastic part panel and then select lip.
Mike was thinking that perhaps you wanted this out of sheet metal.
The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5.
We will now build a lip groove combination to facilitate placing the mating parts in a physical assembly.
The tool used by sheet metal workers to curl over the edge of sheet metal to make a lip is called a burring machine i think it is also called a jenny at least that is what they use to form lips on circular objects.
Make sure the lip button is selected in the dialog box.
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.
It has a couple of rollers that are on gears and rotate when the handle is turned.
This will create a lip.
A flat version of your box.
Bend the edge 90.
The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box.
Insert the first edge into a bending brake.
Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this.
You ll be bending over the edges of these flaps to make smooth edges for the top of the box.
Did a couple of cut extrudes with direction.
Bend a 3 4 inside flange on the lid with a 1 2 inside lip with hem for rigidity.
Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles.
This is a tutorial video on how to make a sheet metal tool box.
Then split lines and shell.
Then i made the box over sized and just chopped up the necessary surfaces using offsets.
1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc.
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.
