[TheForge] home shop roller mill?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

  2 things;
1...when you weld that sucker ( er, roller) up...it's gonna 
wiggle all over the place. Welds shrink. Plan on it...maybe add 
some knock out braces and clamps?
  You were ambiguous about scale on this roller...
A jewelry type roller can be used for hot metal as well..it's a 
matter of scale...and touch.
Either make small reductions  per heat or reduce the billet down 
to the appropriate size with hammer and anvil first.
This is going uphill against the general rule to use the 
strongest tool that will do the work well.
Use it in a tender hurry!...pete f

Jerry Smith wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> If you are testing before you weld it together, just
> make sure it hammers, don't do anything more than
> watch the things cycle for a couple of minutes. Bolts
> come undone, break, etc, be safe.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> --- "Mark A. Pesetsky" <pesetsky at Princeton.EDU> wrote:
> 
>> I also added 2 bolts on each side of the upright for
>> more strength.
>> There will be 2 triangles made for where the upright
>> meets the base
>> plate too...Once the whole thing is assembled and
>> tested it will be
>> welded all the way around. I am trying to do a mock
>> up by bolting
>> everything that I can at the moment. But will shoot
>> for both
>> bolted/welded wherever possible...
>>
>> Mark 
>>
>>
>> Still building the hammer...New pics here:
>>
>> http://www.pmsknives.com/tourtools.html
>>
>> Just got the UHMW in the mail today. That will line
>> the 6" X 6" square
>> tube that the 4" hammer head will travel through.
>>
>> Should have more pics this weekend, hopefully...
>>
>> Mark 
>>
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