How To Build A Cone Out Of Sheet Metal

Draw a circle on the sheet metal with a pencil compass.

How to build a cone out of sheet metal. How to roll a metal cone. Roll the cone template into a cone shape starting at the wide end working toward the pivot point end. Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be. 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. Here is one way to make a cone from flat stock. 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.

Cut this circle out with your sheet metal shears. I used aluminum sheet coil but you could use paper or any flat material. 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. Drill a few holes through the overlapping rectangular shape.

You can find cone calculators online.