Storage or Experiments in sheet metal.

[Mal Paso]

Having burned down once I'm not so quick to use wood for outside structures. Rodents are a problem too. Rubbermaid type tubs solve the rodent issue but they are not sunlight resistant and Are flammable. I haven't done sheet metal since High School 50 years ago but the local plumbing supply has pallets of sheet metal and I got to thinking. I already had the simple 3 foot Harbor Freight Metal Brake from a job making a belt guard and the HF electric pistol shear when it was on sale. Last week I bought the $170 HF Spot welder, 240 volt model as it is 2.5 KW and welds 24 gauge in 1 second. About $400 of equipment plus square, tape measure, scribe and wiring a 240 outlet.

The cabinets are 25x36x36 inches excluding the 2x2 legs. Cost about $50 each including tax, no extra hardware, less than 2 3'x10' sheets of 24 gauge galvanized steel each. The front cover slides up under the top lip then back down to lock the bottom edge. The seams are on the outside in tribute to the original Mini Cooper. LOL Thinking about paint now. Maybe Camo as most of the bins are work related and it would be nice if they could disappear when not needed.

[smithnframe]

Very nice!

[LynC2]

It doesn't look like you forgot how to do it, nice job.

[MrWolf]

Look good. You haven't lost your touch.

[Three44s]

Nice work!

(Wish I could do 10% as good of a job as that!)

Three44s

[Petrol & Powder]

Very Nice work !

You probably know this but is case you don't, be careful when welding zinc (galvanized metal), you can poison yourself and it's not even a little bit fun.

[Slugster]

Great idea and execution.

[EMC45]

Very Nice work !

You probably know this but is case you don't, be careful when welding zinc (galvanized metal), you can poison yourself and it's not even a little bit fun.

"Zinc flu"

[Mal Paso]

Thank You All!

Very Nice work !

You probably know this but is case you don't, be careful when welding zinc (galvanized metal), you can poison yourself and it's not even a little bit fun.

Weld time is one second, weld diameter is about 3/16" and there aren't a lot of fumes, still I keep the welder at arms length. Thanks for your concern.

Dan Gelbart has some great ad free videos that got me thinking about sheet metal again. He has much fancier tools but the principals are the same down to how to scribe a line and use a center punch.

[tinsnips]

I am a tin bender by trade an you did a really nice looking job.

[grantharris1945]

Pretty nice


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[poppy42]

"Zinc flu"

Was a heavy collision repair man. Always kept a quart of milk next to when I was welding. Lots of galvanized metal

[dverna]

You make it look easy.

[6bg6ga]

Looks like a nice job from the pictures.