I need a small, miniature, aluminum pan about 3/4" in diameter and 1/4"
deep. Can anyone suggest how I would go about making a small item like
that? Thanks.

Ron

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Ron Hubbard wrote:
I need a small, miniature, aluminum pan about 3/4" in diameter and 1/4"
deep. Can anyone suggest how I would go about making a small item like
that? Thanks.

0) I, personally, would probably just turn it from round stock.

However, there are other possibilities which occur, depending on
what tools you may have on hand.


1) Turn up a wooden mandrel and spin the aluminum to shape.
(Making a rolled wire edge might be a bit tricky in that size,
however.)

2) With a hydraulic press, you could machine up some dies from
steel, and press it to shape.

3) With thick aluminum foil, just shape it around a wooden plug of
the right size. (I've seen and used small disposable pans
apparently made this way which I used for mixing small batches
of epoxy and such. They were bought in batches of 100, used
once, and discarded, along with the tongue depressors used for
mixing the epoxy and catalyst.)

4-??) Probably lots of other ways, but these are the ones which come
to my mind

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What thickness?

I would just grab a 1" disk, toss it on a pile of sand and smack it in the
center with a hammer a few times. A few more times if you need squarer
edges and/or a flat bottom.

At the very worst, you could drill a 3/4" hole in a block of wood, use a
5/8" dowel and press them together with metal between.

Tim

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I need a small, miniature, aluminum pan about 3/4" in diameter and 1/4"
deep. Can anyone suggest how I would go about making a small item like
that? Thanks.

Ron

I need a small, miniature, aluminum pan about 3/4" in diameter and 1/4"
deep. Can anyone suggest how I would go about making a small item like
that? Thanks.

Does it have to be aluminum? The first thing that comes to mind is an
automotive freeze plug. They're cheap but I don't think you can get them in
aluminum:

http://www.imperialinc.com/items.asp?item=0069720

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


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I need a small, miniature, aluminum pan about 3/4" in diameter and
1/4"
deep. Can anyone suggest how I would go about making a small item
like
that? Thanks.

Does it have to be aluminum? The first thing that comes to mind is an
automotive freeze plug. They're cheap but I don't think you can get
them in
aluminum:

http://www.imperialinc.com/items.asp?item=0069720


Well, you live and learn. Thanks for the idea, Keith.

Ron

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I need a small, miniature, aluminum pan about 3/4" in diameter and 1/4"
deep. Can anyone suggest how I would go about making a small item like
that? Thanks.

How fancy? Sounds like an aluminum cap to a 2-liter soda bottle.

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Ron Hubbard wrote:
I need a small, miniature, aluminum pan about 3/4" in diameter and 1/4"
deep. Can anyone suggest how I would go about making a small item like
that? Thanks.

Ron


Hammerforming. Clamp a disc of aluminum, about 1 1/4" dia, between two
short pieces of 3/4" hardwood dowel. Take a hammer and peen the AL down
over one of the dowel blanks. The metal will stretch and take the shape
of the blank that it is peened over.

Gary Brady
Austin, TX