How To Build A Cone Out Of Sheet Metal

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

How to build a cone out of sheet metal.

Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be. I used aluminum sheet coil but you could use paper or any flat material. How to bend a cone from sheet metal. Draw a circle on the sheet metal with a pencil compass.

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. The pencil will make the circle and the slight indentation where the compass has. Wear gloves for this since the edges of the metal can.

Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark. Here is one way to make a cone from flat stock. 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. You can find cone calculators online.

Mark one end of the line pivot and.