[TheForge] Anybody out there?

[Michael Horgan]

Sure, Chris. If you try to roll a piece of steel the length you need, 
you will find the ends flat where they run off the 3rd roller and no 
longer have the leverage to bend the steel. Two possible fixes are to 
roll a longer piece, and cut off the flat end, or just weld the flat 
ends together, and roll it back through the ring  roller to make them 
the same curvature as the rest of the ring.

At 06:17 AM 6/4/2006, you wrote:
>I am building two steel wheels for a clients dock. Cold rolled two 36" dia x
>1/4 x 1 1/4 rims yesterday on my ancient cast iron roller.
>Anybody know why the ends are always flat for 6" or so? Is this just a
>design flaw in these old machines?
>
>
>Chris Caswell
>Caswell Wood & Iron
>Burlington, VT
>  (where we just had the wettest May on record)
>
>-------Original Message-------
>
>From: Jerry Frost
>Date: 06/04/06 01:09:42
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>Subject: [TheForge] Anybody out there?
>
>I haven't seen onything on the list lately and was
>wondering if it was down or everybody was just really
>busy.
>
>Frosty
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