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Using a cheap ring roller (which I have not purchased at this point)
such as http://www.harborfreight.com/tubing-roller-99736.html

Would it be possible to roll a piece of 1/4 or 3/8 x 1-1/4 CDS
(cold drawn steel) on it's 1-1/4 dimension to a 16" circle? Hard
to explain but I don't need to roll it on it's narrow side but rather
the wide side. I know you could roll it on the wide side easily but
the narrow side possibly presents problems. This probably a question
more about the material than the machine. As in would the material
hold
it's shape or would it kink? Any tips are appreciated.


Somwhere this past summer this type of rolling was discussed on one of
the metalworking forums, but darned if I can locate it. It had lots of
photos of these operations.

I doubt that the HF roller has the type of dies to do it, it requires
restraints on the flat sides while it is rolling. I don't think it would
have the strength, for that matter.

Find a piece of 16" pipe, cut off a 1 1/4" slice, and beat it flat:-)


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DT