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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jun 18, 2014 11:56:09 GMT -5
I want one but can't spend a lot of money on one. What can anyone tell me about them? What should I look for & watch out for? I see some for CHEAP but that just sets wrong with me.
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Post by wireholic on Jun 18, 2014 13:37:17 GMT -5
I want one too! I know people that love them & some that wish they had never bought one (maybe selling them cheap?)Have one friend (on the other side of the country)that cranks out the most amazing pattern wire with one she got for pennies on the dollar. It took her a while to get the hang of it though
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 24, 2014 17:26:35 GMT -5
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Post by wireholic on Jun 25, 2014 12:13:16 GMT -5
Lots of great info there!
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Post by gerard on Jun 25, 2014 12:38:08 GMT -5
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jun 25, 2014 12:49:51 GMT -5
WOWSER!!!!! Thank you Tela, that is great!!!!!
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jun 25, 2014 12:55:42 GMT -5
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Post by johnjsgems on Jun 25, 2014 16:32:33 GMT -5
I have a neighbor that wanted a low cost rolling mill so after showing him the Eurotool catalog he picked one out and I ordered it. He was not happy with it. I don't remember the details but think his biggest complaints were the lack of patterns and not enough power to use with his silver. I don't know if silver gets hard as it ages like copper or if the low cost unit was just lacking. Hard to save money on tools that have to work hard.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2014 14:12:45 GMT -5
That is a really, really great piece of work. The world is a better place for it and your friend is a saint for giving it out freely. wow. Looks like a rolling mill user should also have a Cricut to make cool patterns to impress into the metals.....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2014 14:18:22 GMT -5
I have a neighbor that wanted a low cost rolling mill so after showing him the Eurotool catalog he picked one out and I ordered it. He was not happy with it. I don't remember the details but think his biggest complaints were the lack of patterns and not enough power to use with his silver. I don't know if silver gets hard as it ages like copper or if the low cost unit was just lacking. Hard to save money on tools that have to work hard. John, sometimes people are unhappy with a purchase simply because they can't figure out how to use it. I once got a MIG welder for a case of beer because the dude could not make it weld correctly. He had it set up for flux core welding but used regular MIG wire. It wont work. I tried to explain the issue and instead he said "give me a case of Budweiser then it's your problem". I did. No problem. Cost me $25 and atrip to the corner store. Oh and a roll of flux core! lol That tute looks like anyone can set up a cheap roller mill and get it working well with patterns only limited by ones imagination.
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Post by johnjsgems on Jun 26, 2014 15:54:54 GMT -5
Scott,I got a mig welder from an elderly neighbor (not quite as low cost). He was used to his ancient stick welder and said he couldn't get it to work. He had everything set up wrong on it. What is amazing to me is the guy is a retired locksmith. I would think he could have read the instructions and followed them. I did and I'm a lot more pretty than smart.
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Post by bentiron on Jun 26, 2014 16:42:03 GMT -5
One of the biggest problems folks have with imprinting with rolling mills is not annealing their metal prior to rolling. The metal has to be dead soft to take the pattern or it is just an exercise in futility, you are not going to be happy!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jun 30, 2014 15:09:01 GMT -5
Oh how I yearn for a rolling mill and a cricut . . . sigh.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jun 30, 2014 21:16:15 GMT -5
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jul 1, 2014 10:55:01 GMT -5
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 1, 2014 11:08:44 GMT -5
Looks like a nice setup Donnie. Just be sure to anneal your silver before running it through. Silver like many other metals will work harden very quickly.
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Post by ivan on Jul 1, 2014 14:38:42 GMT -5
A rolling mill would be a fine addition to a shop. What I've found, after I purchased my cost effective sq. half wire, an sheet wire mill years ago, is that it is rather difficult to find an affordable mill that will roll out round wire, do sheet or do rd wire. Maybe I'm mistaken, so correct me if I'm wrong? If it's going to be used for texturing then that would be an interesting & awesome way to go about it. But as of today I have not been able to locate an affordable rd wire mill. Hope that you are able to find what you're looking for? IV
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Post by Pat on Mar 5, 2018 18:55:55 GMT -5
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Post by opalpyrexia on Mar 5, 2018 19:15:13 GMT -5
I know a professional jeweler who makes very pricey, high end pieces only in gold and platinum, and his rolling mill is one of the cheap imports.
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Post by pauls on Mar 5, 2018 20:28:50 GMT -5
One of the biggest problems folks have with imprinting with rolling mills is not annealing their metal prior to rolling. The metal has to be dead soft to take the pattern or it is just an exercise in futility, you are not going to be happy! Yep what he/she said. Using a rollermill is all about annealing, each pass through the mill and your silver needs to be annealed again, if you are only doing light passes you may get away with every second time but if you don't you will be fighting the machine all the way.
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