How To Make A Funnel From Sheet Metal

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

How to make a funnel from sheet metal. The curved steel cone calculator from chicago metal rolled products makes it easy to find the precise curved steel cone dimensions you need. While you may want to repurpose the foil used to wrap last night s meal it will be weaker and may rip or tear. 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. You want a slightly longer sheet in case you need to adjust the size.

Use only new foil for making the foil funnel. Drill a few holes through the overlapping rectangular shape. When i started drawing it out in autocad i realized that i could make a half circle with a 12 diameter hemisphere for the bottom and a 22 5 for the top. Tear off a sheet of aluminum foil slightly longer than the funnel model.

Sheet metal art for beginners ep 1 make a break duration. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Cut around the circle with tin snips and smooth the cut edges with sandpaper to remove. Mitchell dillman recommended for you.

The first picture illustrates the outcome which by the way was done using loft command and the second illustrates part of the attempt to construct the funnel using the. The tapered end of the cone should have an opening approximately. I needed a funnel with a 6 inch bottom opening and a 22 5 inch top opening to put in 55 gallon barrel for my deer feeder. Sheet metal cone calculator.

Overlap the edge of the metal to form a cone. How to make a sheet metal funnel. Mark an 8 inch circle on a piece of sheet metal. How should i flair out the sloped sheet to meet the 300 mm on the far top.