How To Make A Bowl Out Of Sheet Metal

Try to complete the cut all at one time using short strokes to avoid using the tip of the snips which will leave blemishes.

How to make a bowl out of sheet metal.

Cut out the circle with the metal snips. This method is mainly used for softer metals such as copper and brass. I wear gloves for this step as the edges of the disk and scrap can be extremely sharp. 6 circle on the copper sheet.

One way you can form the blank is to take a round disc of sheet metal and use a hammer to make a depression. Support the edges and press down on the center to form a bowl. Nice if you have access to all the fancy tools but the old time metal workers did it pretty much all with just the hammer and sandbag. When you do this draw a circle pattern on a piece of paper.

Take a piece of tissue paper. How to make bowls out of vinyl records if you re not sure what to do with those old records here is a great and fun new use for them. In the past we ve presented metal shaping articles that showed the average inexperienced joe how to create just about anything from a flat sheet of steel provided he has access to the right tools. Cut the bowl blank round tear off the excess paper and pull the nail out of the dummy board.

Make sure that you are happy with the size of the bowl. Set a metal or glass heat safe bowl onto a baking sheet. Cut it out and trace it on the sheet metal. Choose a bowl that is a little smaller than the record and set it right side up onto a baking sheet.

Center the faceplate over the hole left by the nail and use a scratch awl to create starter holes for the screws. Use the tip of the nail to center the dummy board on a dimple you made in the center of the bowl blank. Work from the outside edges in while rotating the disc. The record bowl will end up roughly the same size.

Clamp and allow drying overnight. How to make a duct tape bowl if you ve got duct tape you can make almost anything including a bowl. Some kids bowls were pretty sad some were ok and a couple were excellent mine was in the first category. We had to do a bowl project that way back in 5th grade 60 years ago.

Use the compass to draw a e g. You have been warned.