Build one, its not that hard. I built the roller that is shown on metalweb
news in their dropbox. It does an excellent job on 3/16 aluminum up to 24"
wide.

Bert
"Brian" wrote in message
. ..
We're a small shop and we're looking to purchase a machine to roll parts.

I'd need something with the capacity to roll 1/8 inch aluminum. Width
wouldn't need to be more than 18 inches--the more, the better but not
necessary. Manual (hand crank) is also fine.

Do any of you know of a slip roll that would handle 1/8 aluminum, or is my
only option a plate roller? There's a pretty big jump in price from slip
rolls to plate rollers, and I can't justify the cost of a plate roller.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

Brian

"Bert Plank" wrote in message
news:KUvri.69748$tB5.67645@edtnps90...
Build one, its not that hard. I built the roller that is shown on
metalweb news in their dropbox. It does an excellent job on 3/16 aluminum
up to 24" wide.

Bert
"Brian" wrote in message
. ..
We're a small shop and we're looking to purchase a machine to roll parts.

I'd need something with the capacity to roll 1/8 inch aluminum. Width
wouldn't need to be more than 18 inches--the more, the better but not
necessary. Manual (hand crank) is also fine.

Do any of you know of a slip roll that would handle 1/8 aluminum, or is
my only option a plate roller? There's a pretty big jump in price from
slip rolls to plate rollers, and I can't justify the cost of a plate
roller.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

Brian




that's interesting. bert, could you point me to the article itself? i went
to metalweb news and though i COULD search their site for it, it would be a
lot easier if there was a direct link to the article, or even a file name to
search for. (it seems metalwebnews.com and metalworking.com are two
separate entities and the "dropbox" at metalworking.com is *HUGE* and
comprises several years worth of "drops".)

b.w.

Bert Plank wrote:
Build one, its not that hard. I built the roller that is shown on
metalweb news in their dropbox. ...

OK ... MetalWebNews (http://www.metalwebnews.com/) does not have a drop
box, per se. They do have various submitted projects, including a
"METAL FABRICATION [Forming, Assembly, etc.]" section
(http://www.metalwebnews.com/mf.html). That section has a roller in it
(http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/rolls/rolls.html), but the "author"
is Arnie Deeds, not Bert Plank.

There is DropBox at metalworking.com
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/), but a search of the current
list, as well as the 1997-2004 archives on "slip" & "roll" did not turn
up a roller by Bert Plank.

So Bert, could you be a *little* more specific about where your roller
is posted?

Thanks,
Bob