I am a machinist at the Green Bank Observatory and we make parts for radio telescopes. We have to make MASSIVE cones that end up connecting together to be often 6ft tall that starts at 4-5 ft diameter and ends at 5 inches or so!! We do it COMPLETELY out of either billet stainless steel or aluminum. It would be amazing to be able to save so much material by doing it this way!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

My hat is off to you for making such large and precise parts. You must fill up multiple dumpsters with chips!

@stevewalston7089

2 жыл бұрын

@Nathaniel Langston - I just met someone randomly yesterday while doing some volunteer work and we got to talking about all kinds of things and he mentioned visiting the observatory and how close it is to us in Ohio. I had never heard of it before and here you are. Pretty wild the small world experiences sometimes. Are these components structural or for wave guide?

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Rich - I hope Nathaniel Langston sees your comment, and replies. I don't know how this works - I can certainly see all comments on my videos, and the comments on the comments, but I don't know what the commenters see when someone comments on their comment. If YOU know - let ME know.

@stevewalston7089

2 жыл бұрын

@@RonCovell I added the @Nathaniel Langston just in case, but he still should have gotten a notification. Sometimes it is added automatically but other times not. I stopped getting new video reminders from all of the channels I'm subscribed to years ago and have never figured out why. Some things just remain a mystery.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Google and KZread work in mysterious ways!

I will never grow tired of your minimalist approach to no need of fancy expensive tools videos :D

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I learned a couple of years ago that people enjoy seeing how to do work with the simplest of tools.

So many KZread channels claim to be "Experts" yet the average people can see their flaws. This channel is THE metal forming expert.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

You are the Bob Ross of metal forming, so relaxing and enjoyable to watch! As a CAD guy that took some manual drafting classes, the contructions and template making are so interesting. Thanks for sharing Ron!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoy my videos!

@deconteesawyer5758

2 жыл бұрын

In the 60s Jr high schools had a thing called metal shop classes. Kids would layout and make this wonderful thing called a funnel. I guess nowadays well paid youtube geniuses like this guy have to reinvent the basics that are now long gone.

@redwhiteandbluebonnets8180

Жыл бұрын

Gonna put some happy little cones right over here...

this is brilliant.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I roll cones all the time up to 1/2" for mines and industrial applications. This is absolutely awesome, especially for branch and takeoffs in the field. Thank Ron!

As always. Amazing series. Thanks for being around and sharing your knowledge.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

I love watching these videos. Consistently, I realize a huge part of your success with these builds is the easily overlooked preparation and tool building aspect of a project.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, carefully thinking through a project and doing adequate preparation pay huge dividends!

Another beautiful job Ron. It’s amazing what a little flat plate in threaded rod will help us with. I can’t express the amount of knowledge I learned from this video as always. Make On man.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@JohnWilson-wi2ud

Жыл бұрын

I am a retired Sheet Metal Worker,I still get a buzz watching a craftsman at work.

I so appreciate your videos, Ron. The quality of your work is amazing. And your demeanor is a joy to experience. I absolutely love learning the processes you demonstrate for us. Thank you for passing on your vast knowledge of fabrication!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Ron you have done it again, you have blown my mind. Making seemingly impossible shapes by using simple but ingenious tools and techniques. Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. It is truly a pleasure to watch a master at work. Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks, Mark. I do appreciate your continued interest in my videos.

Your a badd ass I've looked to your work for many years especially when I was starting to shape metal. It's been about 20years now &hundred or so cars and motorcycle competed. I love that your still teaching me new things. Thank you for your commitment and love for this industry. It wouldn't be where it is today without you an your great teachings and knowledge nor would I... thanks Ron!!!!!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Wow - it takes a lot of doing to complete 100 cars and motorcycles. My hat is off to you for becoming a lifetime professional, and I'm glad I could teach you a few tricks along the way!

Calmly creating fixtures and anything is possible. 👍👍😎👍👍. Thank you Ron for another tutorial on how to form metal. The art pieces were really cool.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the furniture pieces, as well as the car parts.

Once again, I am reminded that preparation and being patient enough to build the tool or jig rather than trying to take shortcuts are key.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

You got it!

@dennisleadbetter7721

2 жыл бұрын

@@RonCovell and to always use the KISS principle (keep it simple S) many over complicate things. Regards Dennis

Ron, I get so excited whenever I see you have posted a new video! I always learn from you! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you!

That is an absolutely beautiful finished product!! Fantastic explanation as always!!!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

Ron, you are a true Master. Your work has amazed me for years. Thank You!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Great stuff. As a blacksmith, I've had to forge a lot of cones over the years for various projects, and it's always a bugger. I'm starting to learn a lot about sheet metal thanks to this channel and can see me doing more with it. Anything that doesn't involve tons of heat scorching me is a good thing in my book!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Well, certainly sometimes you need heat to make metal do what it doesn't 'want' to do - but with the right tools and techniques you can do a lot at room temperature.

You have such talent and wisdom. I greatly appreciate you sharing all that you have. I also use your videos to prove to my friend that fit up and layout are as important as the finished part!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Whoo, boy are fit up and layout important!

The Covell standard…excellent video production/discussion/demonstration/build….thank you for sharing/mentoring

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Ron, As always, you do nothing but impress! I have a project coming up that I was bouncing around in my head as to the best way to get a good form on 1/8" material. Needless to say I now have a very simple and elegant answer. Keep up the videos if you can they are always very interesting and useful to the less experienced and not so widely exposed of us. Thanks again for this. Mark.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm very glad you found this video interesting, and that it might actually help on a future project. I've been consistently uploading new videos every two weeks, and I'm trying hard to keep on that schedule.

Ron, your instruction is incredible. Thank you and cheers from New Zealand!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! I hope to return to New Zealand - I've taught many workshops there, and toured quite a bit on both islands. It's a wonderful place!

yesterday i used your rolation technique for the first time. Worked great. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm delighted that it worked well for you!

Ron, if you explain an do it, it seems and looks so easy! Every time when I am watching your videos, I am also impressed what you are able to realize with such easy tools!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying my videos!

This is absolute top notch how to! Thank you, Sir This Old Tony brought me here.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

What a great explanation and fantastic results. Thank you for your videos Ron!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Always a pleasure watching you work.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir!

Thank you, Ron, for sharing your technique! That will undoubtedly come in handy someday.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I hope so!

Holy smokes, Ron. This is super cool. Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge - it's really enjoyable watching your videos.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Calm, confident and very clear voiced instruction. You are surely a master teacher! Bending my ear and making me cone-sistant will make me a better teacher!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Another truly inspiring demonstration.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Hell yeah heavy metal 🤘

@richstaubin333

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Asyss_Complex

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah ImI

Tremendous work as always. Thanks for making this video!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I'm very glad you enjoyed the video.

What a master! Innovative, imaginative and practical.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Wow - thanks for the high praise!

I love all the approaches you have to various problems, gives me so many ideas

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Great - I hope they will be useful someday soon!

Ron, I am excited to learn from you at the Metal Bash. See you in a couple weeks.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure we'll have a fantastic weekend!

I always fund myself fascinated by your level of skill, Ron 😊. Well done! Cheers!

Wow Ron! You make these cones look so easy to make! Brilliant, as an earlier comment stated! Thanks for all your time and sharing all of your great technics! 👍😎

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you liked this video!

Wonderful work Ron. You make it a pleasure to watch & learn with clear video work without loud music. 5 star. Machinist.

@RonCovell

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Finally I can make a legit "The Cones of Dunshire" set! Being serious, this is a very cool method. Thank you for sharing.

@RonCovell

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Well done again ,I love projects like this, watched this video already three times , I am truly amazed at how your mind works in finding simple/practical solution to different problems.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Amazing ingenuity. Thanks Ron!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

As usual, thank you very much Mr. Covell!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

These builds are great to watch so much to learn from these videos

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! More on the way.

Pure magic. Amazing handywork!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

We aim to please!

WoW!! so much work for such a simple shape (ostensibly) thanks for a great video.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Another method to make a cone like this is to cut a disc, put a hole in the center, then draw it through a cylinder. The "coin ring" crowd has been doing this for a long time. They make a cone first, then draw it out into a ring and roll the edges.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I had never heard of that technique, but I quickly researched it on KZread. That's a pretty cool technique, and I would not have learned about it without your suggestion. Thanks a million!

Stunning craftmanship.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I am feeling my creative juices salivating having watched just these few shaping videos...Thanks very much Ron

@RonCovell

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Incredibly simple and effective.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hi Ron, thanks a lot for sharing your impressive knowledge with so many people around the world! It's always great to watch your videos and learn. even if I might not need to shape a thick wall cone it's very helpful to see the kind of finding a solution for a unique issue. Best regards, TOBi 👋😉👍

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, you just never know when you might need thick-walled cone!

@WestBerlinCustoms

2 жыл бұрын

@Ron Covell 👍😄👍 #WordsOfWisdom

another thoughtful piece of work! stellar

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Great work Ron, very informative.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Fantastic presentation and clearly the author has a lot of knowledge and experience.

years ago I had a small business custom making motorcycle mufflers in stainless steel,, cones cones and more cone, intersecting cones and perfect polishes,, I dont miss it I make knives and swords now , but this vid did bring back some memories,, I was one of the last old school sheet metal workers, industrial manufacturing is so different now a days, I dont miss working in the big stainless fabrication shops, I have my small workshop and still have the rollers I made,, Nicely done on the video , good explanations and I like the jigs you used, some good ideas there,,

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Hugo - thanks for chiming in. I'd be interested to know how you rolled those cones from thin stainless. It's not easy to do!

You have done it quite nicely and made it look like very simple and easy too. Great Brain

@RonCovell

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 😊

Thank you for sharing this beautiful technique for making such beautiful cones. The video was a great delight and joy for me to watch, such mastery over such a complicated and beautifully symmetric shape.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Another excellent tutorial! Thank you!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

You, sir, are a wizard! Beautiful work!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Wow! This is genius, truly it is Ron! Thank you

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Fantastic work!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

another weapon in my frabracation arsenal , I've been looking for a way to roll cone's Thanks Ron

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, this could be just the ticket!

THAT was extremely COOL! Thank you for that!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Thank you for keeping on going.

@RonCovell

Жыл бұрын

Lots more videos on the way, including one on making a LOOOONG cone!

💚we kiss the hands of the masters🧡

I never get tired of seeing this master doing his amazing job

@RonCovell

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Thank you for approach!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

excellent tutorial - keep on keepin on Ron

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

More to come!

i'm so glad to see your video and how to make

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it! More videos on the way.

Great job Ron!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Clever fixture, Ron. Beautiful results!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

you are a metal wizard, just amazing

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

What a great video Ron, I'm going to use this method to make some cones for my smithing.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

You are the Bob Ross of metal work! Great presentation.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Awesome job, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Always impressed!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Oh. That weld job. Pro job, if there ever was one. It was a treat to watch. Thanks.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

your fixturing is genius, will probably never make something like this but will use the idea for other projects for sure, Thank You!!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I certainly hope this idea comes in handy for you.

Wonderful Job ! I would only change one thing. Machine the come from steel, but make it 3/4 longer, and that 3/4 longer would be on the big end, and a machined hex shape, for a wrench to turn it instead of welding on an arm.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a great idea!

Thanks Ron!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Nice work, you are a master craftsman. Innovative methods and great results. Thanks for sharing.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

This is why I stopped watching TV and am madly in love with KZread. You sir are a metal working god!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Matthew - I'm so glad you enjoy my videos! For what it's worth, I have not watched much TV for the last 30 years, but I love the vast selection of content available on KZread.

I remeber trying to make a cone out of coke can tin back when I was a teen. I just saw you overcome every problem I had from that experience. I am so thankful I found you on KZread.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

That's very good news!

WOW, awesome talent Ron,

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

clever stuff Ron

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - glad you liked it!

Ron... That was an Amazing Video!!!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Simply amazing yet again. Such clever thinking.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Awesome work!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Very nice method, worked well.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Randy - thanks so much! That means a lot, coming from you.

Genius! Thanks Ron!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

such precision work you do using this sheet metal techniques amazing skills and problem solving.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Brilliant work, thanks

@RonCovell

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Just awesome 💪

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙌

your works are always great!!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like 'em!

I love your methods! Excellent.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Awesome video! So glad youtube algorithm suggested this!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, nobody is more delighted than I am!

Ron is the king.

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, judging from your name, YOU are the KING!

Thanks, Ron! 😃

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

Just outstanding!

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and for commenting!

Very nice work! Learned a lot

@RonCovell

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video/1