How To Roll A Cone Shape In Sheet Metal

Roll the cone template into a cone shape starting at the wide end working toward the pivot point end.

How to roll a cone shape in sheet metal.

Video showing the processes involved in producing a steel cone. Draw a circle on the sheet metal with a pencil compass. 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. Mark one end of the line pivot and.

The pencil will make the circle and the slight indentation where the compass has. Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be. Wear gloves for this since the edges of the metal can. How to bend a cone from sheet metal.

There are many different ways to lay out this pattern. Cut this circle out with your sheet metal shears. Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark. This is just one way and i find that is the easiest and quickest way.

How to roll a metal cone. It a job that requires a little skill and a lot of patience.