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    Sheet Prototyping

    Cutting and folding sheets may be the fastest way to put precision features on multiple planes. A sheet fabricated prototype can go from design to part in minutes and scale to massive production volumes. The pictures above show a robot arm end effector holding a motor and transmission, while the pictures below show a custom shipping box.

    Don't take it from me, listen to the master, Dan Gelbart, in his series "Making Prototypes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS5kwdaNhZo

    Materials

    • Cardboard
    • Paper
    • Polypropylene
    • Dibond
    • Steel
    • Stainless Steel
    • Aluminum: Must be a formable series, like 1100 or 3003

    Cutting Tools

    Creasing Methods

    Closing seams

    Design Factors

    Design tools