Sheet metal fabrication

Designing for Sheet Metal: What works on paper, doesn't always work in the physical world as planned, for a variety of reasons. What follows here are some of the various lessons I have learned while laying out sheet metal projects. Hopefully you can benefit from this guide a…

Different types of Mild steel bars

How to Make a Sheet Metal Box: 1) first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard, paper, etc. ( a flat version of your 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 m…

Build a Sheet Metal Brake: I love building tools. There's been more than a few times I've needed to bend metal and I've resorted to clamping 2x4s together and using a hammer. I needed better. I saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications. This…

Quick & Easy Sheet Metal Projects - Read more about sheet, metal, bends, shopnotes, pattern and drawer.

Handmade Louvers – Mad About Morgans

A Riveted Metal Box With Lid: This is a practice box, so it's not very nice-looking. You can build it to get a feel for working with various sheet metal tools: metal shears, box brakes, pop-rivets, and so on. We're not going to touch upon bend radii or bend allowances, but these…

A small holiday cabin located in the Swiss Alps has been outfitted with an Archival Studies stainless steel kitchen and a range of custom aluminium furniture. This project saw the development of a range of custom typologies within the Archival Studies kitchen system. It allowed a playful exploration into new solutions to potentially be added