[TheForge] Rolling mill

[Chuck Robinson]

Hey Roland,
Love to see the building pics.
A few things worth noting.
Hugh McDonald built the press from scrap material lying around his farm, so 
the materials list is not cast in concrete.
The critical parameters to concentrate on, are the billet dwell time between 
the rollers. The the lag time to adjust the cam shaft and the pressure 
needed to actuate the cam shaft.
The longer the billet stays in contact with the rollers, the more heat they 
absorb and the faster the billet cools below working heat.
Ideally you should be able to get 3 passes on the billet from each heat.
One other improvement to make,  is  a simple, fast way to independently 
adjust  the clearance of both ends of the top roller. This would make it 
easier to keep the long axis of the billet true or actually introduce a 
desired curvature and taper to the blade.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rowland Smuck" <rsmuck at direcway.com>
To: <blacksmiths at yahoogroups.com>; "Sponsored by ABANA" 
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Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:58 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Rolling mill


>I am in the process of building a rolling mill, got the plans from Norm 
>Larson, is anyone interested, I could send pictures of my progress.
>
> Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470
> 10 miles to the nearest Red Light
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