I recently finished up a Fabrication school I've been attending since June.
I wanted to share a few pix.
























Sry for the giant pix. I will post more in a sec..

 

what school did you go to

 

http://thefabschool.com/

 

Can you pm me the formula and layout to layout a cone for sheet metal. If its not too much trouble?

 

Btw nice fab work!!!

 

Thank you for the kind words!
I made this on the last day of school. I was in a rush so and didn't take very many pix.

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I took a 3'' & 4'' intake tubing and wrapped a string around the OD of each piece measured the length said string for each tube.

11 1/8 for 3''
I forgot what measurement the 4'' side was.

I used a piece of chip board (cereal box, beer box) for a template.
Note:
When you make the template make sure the 3'' measurement is centered' to the 4'' measurement'.

When you're template is legit, take piece of sheet metal aluminum and transfer the shape of the template to the sheet metal by tracing your template with a scribe or marker. It helps to clamp down or use something heavy when you trace your template to your material so that your template doesn't walk on you.
I cut out the shape on the band saw and used a file to flatten out the edges to keep from getting a gap. If you've TIG welded aluminum that had gaps before, then you know what I'm talking about
I used the "roll form" to shape the metal. I rolled it at an angle to get the desired shape (I hope this makes sense).
The 4'' side was forming just fine. The 3'' side was not lining up for some reason and I muscled it a bit.
After I reached the desired shape the 3'' side was "egg shaped" (see pic #3). When I clamped I down I was careful not to mash her down too much.
After I had welded it the heat from welding it had smoothed it out.

I hope this helps.

 

Here are some pix of the H22 manifold I've been working on:


































I'm thinking about cutting the backing off and welding the inside.

 

I thought I spied a randy owens style intake manifold in the works. Looks good

 

Yeah, I hate to be a copy cat, but I like his work and hope he doesn't mind.

As you can see the bottom of the manifold is not symmetrical.
I also made it a bit longer than I should've and didn't do any engine bay measurements.
Hopefully I can trim it to fit properly to the rest of the manifold etc.

 

Yea, I noticed, just didn't want to be a dick and be like "meh, not even on the bottom" when you probably put a good bit of work into it. You've got one under your belt so it shouldn't be too bad to bang out another and make it symmetrical this time around.

 

Nice work man. I'm Local In San Bernardino. I went to Riverside City College and got my A.S in Welding There. How did you like the fab school?

 

Not bad, I earned a lot.
The professors are Very' knowledgeable.
Especially the advanced instructor (Dan).. I'm not sure you can pay someone like that enough.

Although a bit pricey, I would recommend to others

Thanks!

 

I'm also a graduate of The Fab School, and I was lucky enough to have Dan as my instructor.



It's nice to see someone else who went there. In my class it was me (Oregon) and a kid from WA, we took class very seriously. Everyone else there were kids who just got out of high school that were using their parents money and didn't care. Welds look good, I'm interested in how that manifold turns out.