[TheForge] Cone Question

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How many do you need to make?
Is it enough to make a clapper die?
I am assuming that your blanks are circles and not "C" shaped.
(That is cut for a blacksmiths approach not a tin smiths.)

Mike Graf

Dave Brown wrote:

> At 09:51 07/16/04, you wrote:
> 
>> I've got a project where I need to make a large number of small 
>> cones.  They
>> have a 1 1/2" opening and are 2 1/2" tall out of 14 ga steel.  I've 
>> got the
>> blanks cut out and have formed a couple of them, but they are clumsy 
>> to work
>> with and take a lot of time.
>>
>> Have any of you guys come up with a technique for forming cones that you
>> would like to share?
>>
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
> 
> 
> Two approaches come to mind, neither of which involve Wal-Mart parking 
> lots.
> 
> 1.  Turn, or have someone turn a hardwood cone that matches the size and 
> slope of your metal cones.  Use this as your forming mandrel.  Wrap 
> around the wood cone, you may want to strap it tight, and weld/braze the 
> edges where they meet.
> 
> 2.  Use a slip roll with ... never mind, your cones are too small for 
> this approach.
> 
> Dave Brown
> Heritage Smithing
> Green Bay, WI
> 
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