How To Roll A Cone Shape In Sheet Metal

Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be.

How to roll a cone shape in sheet metal.

Video showing the processes involved in producing a steel cone. Mark one end of the line pivot and. How to bend a cone from sheet metal. 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.

There are many different ways to lay out this pattern. Draw a circle on the sheet metal with a pencil compass. Wear gloves for this since the edges of the metal can. Cut this circle out with your sheet metal shears.

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

Drill a few holes through the overlapping rectangular shape. Cut out the cone template from your sheet metal using tin snips and file the edges smooth of any burrs of rough sections with your file.