[TheForge] home shop roller mill?

[Chuck Robinson]

Hugh Mc Donald's machine is great. A friend of mine built one and I was 
really impressed with what a great job it did welding up Damascus blades. It 
would be really good for sword billets.
As to building one myself, I'm not a good enough machinist.
The HF roller mills work way too slowly to forge weld with. Hugh's machine 
is very fast and has foot and hand activated adjusting cams to change the 
roller clearance.
Chuck

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:38 AM
Subject: [TheForge] home shop roller mill?


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


_______________________________________________
Manage membership or unsubscribe at:
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
theforge mail list group photo site is
http://www.photoaccess.com
Login:  blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
password:  anvil
___________