Lets Build A Simple Sheet Metal Tool Tray

A simple one piece tool tray is shown being fabricated from scrap metal. The process highlights the way dimensions of the box come to life by cutting the appropriate notches and forming the metal into angles that result in a rectangular tool tray with interlocking corners. The typical way to secure the corners is by use of pop rivets as shown near the end of the video. This technique can easily be utilized to change all kinds of scrap material on the shop floor into unique and functional boxes or trays of any size for innumerable uses. With little more than basic knowledge, a few standard shop tools and the ability to operate tin snips, just about anyone can fabricate a similar project totally by hand. For a ’makeshift’ brake, two pieces of angle iron clamped into a bench vice will work for smaller projects. Soft taps with a mallet can make the bends. A totally handmade tray will not have the crisp bends as this one displayed but it will nonetheless be a functional storage component for you