How To Build A Sheet Metal Tool Chest

So mark out two 4 x 3 1 2 sections of sheet metal and cut it in the metal shear.

How to build a sheet metal tool chest. Insert your metal into your bar folder up to your marked hem line. Pull your handle again to the 180 degree position to better flatten your double layered portion of metal. Pull your handle to fold your metal over 180 degrees remove your now folded metal from the bar folder and place it back on the fold table with the fold facing up. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc.

It is easier to cut off a 4 x 12 strip if you have a 12 x 12 sheet first then cut two 3 1 2 pieces from that strip. Bend the metal to make the bottom and sides of the toolbox. We start the box by making its sides. If you need to cut dozens of metal studs and tracks quickly use a circular saw fitted with a toothless carborundum metal cutting blade 7 when cutting individual steel studs or tracks with a circular saw cut on the closed or web side and support the piece tightly on sawhorses.

A flat version of your box. To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1. The sides will be 3 x 3 but we add 1 2 tabs on three sides.