[Jewelry making - Article 00162] - Re: [Orchid] Buying My First Rolling Mill...

[Laura Guptill]

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Hi

    Well, I can only tell you my experience... I had a very limited tool
    budget when I was in the market for a rolling mill. I had the good
    fortune to have a friend who sold me a rolling mill (very
    inexpensively) that merely says "made in India" on it. (?) It came
    with 2 separate sets of rollers, one for flat one for wire. Great!
    Except I have to totally dismantle the rolling mill, I MEAN TOTALLY,
    to change rollers. Major inconvenience! Then about a year after
    getting that rolling mill, another friend gave me one he wasn't
    using anymore, a Gesswein G-70. It is the one I use for everything,
    but the sheet rollers are 1 1/2 " wide, and there are only 4 wire
    reductions. Hmmmph... So I keep the wire rollers set up on the
    "India" mill, it has a lot of reductions, and then most everything
    else I need to do I can accomplish on the Gesswein. My point is, if
    you get a smaller capacity mill you may feel limited by the amount of
    reduction slots for the wire. I'd go for wider, because in my
    experience changing rollers is a major deal. Maybe there are models
    that make it easier, but I would ask. On another note, the less
    expensive rolling mill seems fine quality wise, but it is always
    needing to be adjusted for truing up the flat rollers. But I don't
    use that part anymore ;> 

Good luck.
Laura
www.LauraGuptillJewelry.com
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