Place the tip of your marker.
How to roll sheet metal.
Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal.
Mark your bend lines.
Once you ve got your u shape place your piece on a work table or anvil and finish the roll by tapping the edge down into the sheet for a simple flat fold or back into the roll for a thicker beaded roll.
Sheet metal is a metal being formed by a manufacturing process into thin flat pieces.
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Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be.
Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius.
How to roll a metal cone step 1.
Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark.