[TheForge] Cone Question

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Pete,

Thanks,  this is kind of what I ended up doing.  Though I am using the half
round on my swage instead of making a tapered one.  For future projects the
tapered swage would make it much easier.

I was thinking of maybe welding a couple bars of round stock to a plate at
the proper angle. I couldn't drive the stock all the way in but it would get
the curve started.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.

Original Message +++
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 23:49:31 -0700
From: Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cone Question

I've done a bunch of these by hand  in years gone by. Fake up a tapered
swage to work into. Then start  at the seam edges and work towards the
center using 2  cross pein forming hammers... The blunt one for the base
and the sharper one for the tip. Get the areas next to the seam edges
right before doing the center and tap them closed  and finish over a
mandril. Gets pretty quick with practice.... Using at least 18 ga makes
it easier.....Pete  F