How To Make Copper Sheet At Home

We will be using one piece to dissolve into the vinegar and peroxide mixture and the other as an electrode later.

How to make copper sheet at home.

Line up the paper so it meets its beginning point. Don t worry about making the ends perfectly round. A hack saw can cut a much longer piece of copper pipe than my short jewelers saw. Start wrapping a piece of paper around the pipe at your mark.

Now place the copper into the warm vinegar peroxide mixture. First determine how long you want the sheet to be and mark the tube. Step 1 let s start with the bottom frustum. Place one hole in the center and one 1 4 from each end.

Place a metal rod in the vice snug it tight we will use this to shape the copper sheet we cut out for the bottom frustum. With the tub finished up i moved on to preparing the copper sheets. Stretch out the copper scouring pad and break it into two pieces. Build your own copper still.

In each lug drill three holes just large enough for the copper rivets to fit through. I start by sanding the copper sheets with 220 grit sand paper. Slide the sheet from left to right over the rod while placing downward pressure on the sheet. Most people have access to these spare pieces of copper tubing or if not.

Cut out the pieces. Use the ruler metal scribe and flat dividers to lay out cutting lines on the copper sheet for all the rectangular pieces. From the thicker 040 copper sheet cut two bail lugs 1 2 wide by 2 long. This action should start to shape the copper sheet into an arc.

After the sanding was finished up i moved on to giving all of the sheets a good washing with soap and water to get all of the grit grime and oils off. Using the snips round off the ends of the two lugs. Keep in mind the cutting area of your saw.