DIYbanter - Ring Roller

Correct me if I am wrong, but you want to be able to roll 3" sq tube
into rings? Thats a pretty serious sized piece of tube to roll.

Knurls may be necessary on smaller diameter rollers, but I have not
found this to be a problem. The HF ring roller has knurls on it.
Others I have seen in this size do not. Other than slight marks it may
or may not cause any problems, depending on the final use of the
rings.

I really think its 6 of one and half a dozen of the others as to how
many rollers need to drive. In a small roller I would think one would
be sufficient. I ganged all three rollers on a larger pipe roller to
drive. I would make it with the drive roller being the easiest one to
drive out of your design you settle on. I like the adjustable roller
to drive for the most part.

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:15:51 -0600, "S_Riddle"
wrote:

===I am looking to make a basic ring roller to roll up to 3"x3" square tubing.
===Can anyone help me on plans for one this size? I have seen many of the
===little "wire" ones and seen ones like offered on Shop Outfitters web site
===but I have not seen anyones plans.
===
===One question I have is which rollers to drive from. I have seen some drive
===the one movable roller while others drive the other 2.
===
===Do you have to do anything special to the outside of the rollers to help
===prevent slipage? Like Knurl?
===
===Thanks
===
===Scott
===
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