Aluminium case construction

or aluminum if you prefer.

This has taken a while to put together as I don’t have any power tools of my own, so I’ve been borrowing others.

Parts Used:

• Aluminium Sheet – 0.5mm x 500mm x 500mm
• Two part epoxy glue (Amazon, uk)

Tools Used:

• Ruler
• Permanent marker
• Aviation snips (Amazon, uk)
• Dremel 300 (Amazon, uk)
• Dremel SpeedClic cutting disk (Amazon, uk)
• 2x square edged wood planks
• square edged desk
• G-clamp
• Pillar Drill
• 4mm drill bit
• 5mm drill bit
• 8mm drill bit
• 10mm drill bit
• rat tail file (round file)
• de-burring tool (Amazon, uk)

I started with a big sheet of 0.5mm thick aluminium. I had already decided on the layout of the components on the front so it was just a case of drawing it on the aluminium and cutting it out.