copper range hood

[kaizerscall]

A friend of the wife had asked me if I could make her a copper hood, for a house she was having built.

She saw the one I built for my house a few years back......

 

[bama bbq]

Nice handy work!

 

[southernsausage]

very nice and rustic!

 

[kaizerscall]

she liked mine but wanted hers a little different.

after a few weeks going back and forth the design was decided.........

It would have a bell shape. Basic double roll for the profile. 22x11 top to 42x 22 bottom over a 24" height.

SO I started the fabrication...........

First dimpling the copper.....

 

[kaizerscall]

Ok..... I made up a box to help with mitering and shaping this thing. ( after making my hood I came up with this idea).

I rolled and shaped the two side pieces and front, Leaving lengths long to work miters. (22 oz copper is not cheap!)

 

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[dragons breath]

Hey KaizersCall you have some forming skills there. I know you have a lot of time in this project. Did you do everything by hand? Great work!

 

[frosty]

WOW, looks great!

 

[kaizerscall]

Dragons Breath; Everything is done by hand. The dimpleing was done one hit at a time with a small ball peen hammer. Some places sell hammered sheets of copper, but I like to

give it character! I don't know....... I honestly enjoy working with copper!

 

[smokinhusker]

Beautiful craftsmanship!!!!

 

[jirodriguez]

Nice job... I know how much work that is, my stepdad does specialty copper and metal work like that.

 

[kaizerscall]

Thank you for the compliment! Is your step father a Sheetmetal Worker?

Here is the face piece on.

 

[kaizerscall]

Looking at it from both front angles....

 

[kaizerscall]

Ok. After some time trying to figure out how to cap the miter lines in front I come up with copper bar with brass 1/4 20 bolts to sacure  the bar. Just like my hood but I was trying to come up with other ideas because of the left and right shape of the miter's. See the stregnth of the bar is on the flat so to say........ But anyway I came up with heating the bar with a propane tourch and shaping

the left and right shape of the miter ( little by little) then rolling the bar to the bell shape.

Acually worked out well!

 

[jirodriguez]

Nice! I like the bar, gives it a nice look.

Yeah, my stepdad does specialty sheet metal work, both interior and exterior. He primarily does decorative finish work (counters, range hoods, ect.) but has also done roofs and exterior cladding.

 

[nozzleman]

That is amazing, you definetly have some skills there.

 

[kaizerscall]

Does your stepfather have any pictures of work he has done? I love the look that copper brings out in the piece that is made! Its acually an easy metal to work with.

Its easy to shape and reshape. Thanks for the compliments. Has your stepdad seen the hood? whats his thoughts?

 

[kaizerscall]

I soldered the inside seams to add stegnth and also prevent suction loss from the fan assembly( that homeowner purchased).

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• kaizerscall
• Jul 22, 2012

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• kaizerscall
• Jul 22, 2012

 

[kaizerscall]

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• kaizerscall
• Jul 22, 2012

After recieving the fan assembly, I had to figure out how to fit everything inside hood and keep it operating properly and efficiantly.

I also had to acomplish this while not effecting the finished look to the eye!

I came up with installing the fan in the neck of the hood by means of clips soldered to inside.......

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• kaizerscall
• Jul 22, 2012

 

[rlefig]

Hi, my name is Rob and I live in Reading, MA. I am the single parent of a couple of boys and I am in the process of buying an 1892 house with very tall ceilings and via a short sale and I am looking at a copper range hood. My question to you is do you do this as side work? Is so can you respond to my email address a [email protected]

Thanks, it awesome.