Riveted Sheet Metal Boz

A riveted metal box with lid.

Riveted sheet metal boz.

This is a practice box so it s not very nice looking. Drawing a sheet metal box in solidworks 2010. If leather is being fastened with a rivet make sure that the rivet is made of aluminum copper or brass as the moisture in leather can cause steel rivets to rust. This is a practice box so it s not very nice looking.

We re not going to touch upon bend radii or bend allowances but the. You can build it to get a feel for working with various sheet metal tools. Skfl34 9527840 ab sheet 7 of 8 f series box side outer assembly service kit instructions figure 3 rivet locations black dots represent the location of eleven 10 blind rivets w707638 s900c or mig plug welds. Keep in mind that pop rivets are not a permanent solution but they will keep the metal in place long.

Refer to figure 3. We re not going to touch upon bend radii or bend allowances but these. Black squares represent the location of two 2 rivets w702512 s900c or mig plug welds. Metal shears box brakes pop rivets and so on.

Metal shears box brakes pop rivets and so on. Nov 14 2014 a riveted metal box with lid. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5. You can build it to get a feel for working with various sheet metal tools.

The type of metal used in the rivet you choose is important and should be matched to the sheet metal being joined whenever possible. The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box. A rivet is an easy economical and permanent way to bind two or more sheets of metal together. The original rivet head is called the factory head and the secondary head made after popping the rivet is called the shop head or the buck tail.