How To Build A Cone Out Of Sheet Metal

You can find cone calculators online.

How to build a cone out of sheet metal. Drill a few holes through the overlapping rectangular shape. I used aluminum sheet coil but you could use paper or any flat material. Mark one end of the line pivot and. Roll the cone template into a cone shape starting at the wide end working toward the pivot point end.

Cut this circle out with your sheet metal shears. How to roll a metal cone. The pencil will make the circle and the slight indentation where the compass has. Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark.

Draw a circle on the sheet metal with a pencil compass. The string should be the. 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. Here is one way to make a cone from flat stock.

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.