How To Roll A Cone Shape In Sheet Metal

Draw a circle on the sheet metal with a pencil compass.

How to roll a cone shape in sheet metal.

The string should be the. Video showing the processes involved in producing a steel cone. How to roll a metal cone. How to bend a cone from sheet metal.

It a job that requires a little skill and a lot of patience. Roll the cone template into a cone shape starting at the wide end working toward the pivot point end. This is just one way and i find that is the easiest and quickest way. The pencil will make the circle and the slight indentation where the compass has.

The cone has a diameter at the top smaller than the diameter at the bottom and to accurately trace the shape onto sheet metal you need to make a template out of construction paper. Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark. Mark one end of the line pivot and. Drill a few holes through the overlapping rectangular shape.

Cut this circle out with your sheet metal shears. There are many different ways to lay out this pattern.