How To Make A Sheet Metal Drain Pan

This is the first multiple part project my students work with in class that they will have to assemble together.

How to make a sheet metal drain pan. Bending the corner on drain pans. Sheet metal tool tray. It would be nice to have a dimpling procedure in sheet metal similar to sheet metal punch tools that create feet or other punched forms that do not actually cut a hole in the sheet metal face. I won t be making an exact replica but rather a basic v shaped pan from cut folded and welded sheet metal.

The video highlights the differences between the company s standard drip pan and drain pan selections. The critical dimensions for my grill are the overall width of the pan and the size and shape of the tabs that. Drip pans are normally made in a giant hydraulic press that forms a single piece of sheet metal into a shallow pan like shape. Given a starting face a dimple point and a dimple depth crease the face along the four crease lines to create a drainige pan or strengthening ribs.

This is the last sheet metal project i assign in my level one manufacturing class.