[Jewelry making - Article 00264] - Re: [Orchid] Economy Rolling Mills

[Katherine Palochak]

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>     I need to buy a very inexpensive mill for the class I teach.
>     Students want to play with textures - Art Center claims not to
>     have any money, and I can't spend my own for such toys. How much
>     was the Harbor Freight Rolling Mill? Thanks for any info! 

    I have a Karat rolling mill rather than the one from Harbor Freight.
    I have drug mine around to various workshops that were within driving
    distance. It's been put through its paces, believe me, over the past
    7 years. If you plan on doing mokume, forget the mini mills unless
    you want to spend considerable time forging down the billet, and some
    serious arm muscles too. For embossing, rolling sheet or foil, making
    wire for filigree, they'll work just fine. 

    That being said, I have bought other tools from Harbor Freight. They
    are cheap, but sometimes their tolerances are not as close as they
    could be, a little shoddy in the workmanship. Personally, I would
    spend a little more to get the Karat. It's well made for the price,
    and you have the advantage of customer service, plus you can add
    pattern rollers (quite a few) at a later time.
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