[TheForge] home shop roller mill?

[Jerry Smith]

I have the one that HF sells, it works great, plus if
you can turn steel (S7) you can make your own rollers.
In the trade they are called Rolling Mills.
Jerry

--- "Mark A. Pesetsky" <pesetsky at Princeton.EDU> wrote:

> Yea, ditto...Just by looking at the BLUE model seems
> it would be easy
> wnough to make 
> 
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> Mark Pesetsky
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of Bruce Freeman
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:39 AM
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] home shop roller mill?
> 
> Thanks for the link.  That's a keeper.
> Bruce
> 
> >>> torin at panix.com 4/18/2007 8:45 AM >>>
> 
> 
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 
> > An odd thought just crossed my mind w/ Re:
> reducing large stock to
> small.
> >
> > Commercially, this is done using rolling/slitting
> mills - a pair of
> driven rollers that compress and/or shear the hot
> steel being pulled
> through.
> >
> > Now, roller mills for cold-working precious metals
> are fairly common,
> and small enough for use in a small jewelrymaking
> studio.
> >
> > What I'm wondering is whether a comparable small
> roller mill could be
> constructed (easily) for use on hot iron.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Bruce
> > NJ
> 
> Bruce, check out:
> http://www.anvilfire.com/bookrev/mcdonald/mill.htm 
> 
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