If you want it to look like a 3rd grade DIY summer camp project, sure. Tackle it. If you could do it, you’d know, and wouldn’t need to ask.

Hiring it done? Any professional metal worker with enough skill to make that look good, and vent well, will take the price back up to what a custom hood would cost in the first place. Wasting 3K of labor on a cheap noisy import hood would be the height of penny wise and pound foolish.

kmb2476-

Maybe the fact that your searches didn't provide much info may suggest that it's not a great idea. I'm also not a fan of adding non-functional frippery to items.

I don’t recall asking for an opinion.

@kmb2476 you came to an Internet forum asking a question. What exactly did you expect? Is this your first foray on the Internet?

Let's see: you don't want any opinions and, when you get responses that aren't fully supportive, you start name-calling. I suspect we're getting close to the end of this thread....

Would you please post a pic of your hood? That would help a lot, to make an informed reply.

Not meaning to be snarky, but those strips and rivets you've seen, are on high end, special order hoods. There is a reason you don’t find them on vent hoods from HD, or other box stores, those special additions are quite expensive. You get to choose how many metal strips you want. Each one costs $$.

Here‘s ours, from Vent A Hood:

FYI, the bottom strip looks like wood in the pic, but that’s just a reflection of the cabinets.

I have straps and rivets on my hood. It was a custom job by a local company that does not advertise or show up on yelp and FB and the like. Recommended to me by an interior designer. The hood cost quite a lot, and the straps and rivets are as precise as if NASA had done it.

I think if you want to do this, buy some practice metal pieces first, and see if you are able to bend them to conform to the shape of the hood without any marks, and install the rivets evenly, without dimples or other damage. If the rivets are not installed spaced exactly evenly apart it will look glaring on the straps. Do the practice strips a few times, and see how it turns out. Also remember that less is more - you don't need a zillion rivets and straps on a hood.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.wikihow.com/Use-an-English-Wheel%3Famp%3D1

Now you ”just“ need 3K worth of cheap Harbor Freight tools. Can you braze? Because you don’t weld brass. Do you understand hot bucking a rivet? https://youtu.be/iSkSFuwsggY

You can’t do any of this with the innards in the way. So start with disassembling the whole thing as the first step. Then practice putting it back together without any left over parts or loose bits that rattle. Except the cheap garbage doesn’t come apart for service access. It’s ehy it’s cheap.

A hot glue gun and tin foil isn’t going to give you the result that you see in the magazines.

BTW when you ask a question on here you do get our opinions that is what we do. I agree if this is what you want then go get one and get it done right .

“Do these pants make my behind look big?” If you don’t want the truth, don’t ask the question.

Especially from people who make their income selling weight-loss pills.

There a few sites that I know of that often have designer looking hoods at significant discounts. Try Designer Home Surplus ( I bought my Capital range top from them), Green Demolition/Renovation Angel, and Rangecraft's Clearance page. You may be able to find a local metal crafter to add accents if you find a good deal on a hood. I looked into it myself when I found a plain barrel hood when Independent Hoods went out of business but ended up with a Wolf hood that I found on clearance.

Didn’t read all the suggestions...but the funny pic is where I would go to ask...a welding shop...these guys will know if it will work on stainless..and if it can be attached without unsightly effects...

I agree with all the comments on bringing a little more diplomacy into the discussion..maybe it is a warped sense of humor or just a rude attitude..it does get in the way of the people just adding their opinions...I see it in different discussions a lot lately..Maybe it is trickling down from the divisive political influences we see everywhere....justifying this behavior these days?...hate that..

Good grief! This has nothing to do with politics.

Maybe there is a reason that you can find people who are hobby woodworkers, but you don't really find many people who are hobby metal fabricators.

Faux metal makeover:
http://simpledetailsblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/diy-metal-range-hood.html

This guy made one at home ... but he is a a sheet metal worker!
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1244671/my-home-made-range-hood

Chispa- thanks for posting that second link with that extremely cool home-made hood (that poster has some serious skills, the backsplash too), but I looked at what forum it was from. Who knew there was a Houzz forum called “Other”?

I really like that zinc hood. Very well done. And very interesting to see how the home owner carefully picked a design that looks good but is easier to manufacture than some of the commercially made hoods. Knowing what can and cannot be done easily is absolutely one of the skills that a good craftsman needs to have.

And even after simplifying the design, I bet he used a couple of specialized big machines. I can just about picture how you could build this hood with hand tools. But it would take a lot of experience to make it look this nice. Even with access to modern tools, there is plenty of potential to mess it up.

Thank you Chispa for your informative and helpful response. I don't understand why others on this forum have to be so rude. Its just not helpful and causes unnecessary conflict. SMH

Just watched a show, Restoring Galveston.

In this episode they constructed a wood rangehood, then wrapped it in copper with copper straps and rivets.

Maybe you could check it out.

Shout out to those encouraging diy!!

I hope they keep a good fire extinguisher handy ;-)