How To Create A Sheet Metal Cone

Make a straight line on the cone.

How to create a sheet metal cone.

The layout radius is the length of the side of the cone. You can find cone calculators online. For truncated cones the lengths are to the theoretical point c 1 c 2. Western sheet metal 2406 hinton dr irving texas 75061 office.

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. Monday friday 8am 4 30pm. Remove the cone from the paper and cut the bottom of the construction paper off at the mark that represents the bottom.

Things you will need lie your cone in the middle of a piece of construction paper with the top of the cone at the top of the paper. Roll the cone template into a cone shape starting at the wide end working toward the pivot point end. View the cone instructions below to learn how to manually layout the flat pattern for a truncated cone in single or multiple gore sections. It allows you to determine either the size of raw material needed or the number of gore sections to fit on your available material.

The flat layout angle is determined by the circumference of the finished cone divided by the circumference of the layout circle from radius 1. I used aluminum sheet coil but you could use paper or any flat material.