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Welded Sheet Metal Organizer

Wake Forest · Spring 2025 · Design, drawings, cutting and welding

A heavy-duty steel rack with 19 evenly spaced dividers, drawn as a three-sheet package and welded by hand.

36 × 16 × 10 inoverall size
19dividers, 1.9 in apart
20parts
Welded Sheet Metal Organizer

The design

A 1/8 in steel base holds 19 dividers cut from 14 gauge sheet. A 3 in chamfer on each divider opens the front of every slot so items slide in without snagging.

Divider detail drawing
Divider detail drawing

Drawings and welding

I drew the package with a BOM and weld note, then cut the parts and welded each divider with short 2 in welds on each side, which hold it rigid while limiting warping.

The finished rack in the shop, full of stock
The finished rack in the shop, full of stock