Design Your Own Metal Box or Enclosure –
and Let Us Fabricate It!

Do you have an immediate need? You can design your own box right now, with the Mier Design-a-Box and Fax-It-Back kit. Just follow the easy instructions below, and you’ll be on your way to solving your metal box needs.

Getting the Right Materials for your Custom Metal Enclosure

The Design-a-Box kit includes a few forms that you will first need to download or print out. To get the forms, click here, or contact Mier, and we will mail them to you.

Getting Started with Custom Metal Fabrication.

Selecting the size of the box desired is the first step. Remember – size is a cost factor, so the box needs to be conceived as small as possible, yet large enough to house components and provide the space needed to assemble them.

Sketch layout first

Sizes and configurations may be designed to meet your exact needs. A sketch of a flat layout as shown above, perhaps to a ¼" to 1" scale, will aid in the placement of features and help you decide the necessary tools. First sketch your layout on the Chassis Practice Form provided. Upon reaching the final design, simply transfer this information to the Fax-Back Layout form.

When using the Fax-Back Chassis Layout form, keep in mind that all measurements should be from the nearest dotted line. The shaded area represents ½" nearest the bend which cannot be used for hole placement. However, on the Fax-Back Door Layout form, holes may be placed in the ½ inch downward bend, depending on the size of the hole and its placement.

Using the Tool List

Several tool features are shown in the photo above the listing of tools. We have shown a representative number of each of the tools, but if another size is needed, please ask us. When recording on either of the Fax-Back forms, simply list the tool number found alongside the tool on the Tool List. The sample layout illustrates the proper way to show how measurements are made from the two nearest dotted lines, and recorded as well as showing the tool number.

Tools are categorized by shape – rounds with rounds, squares with squares, etc. Your measurements should be made to the center of the tool feature.

Send it to us!

Once you have finalized your box design, all you have to do is turn it over to us. Fax your forms to 765.457.0607 – and one of our experts will contact you with a quote.

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