Havind a problem with my roller. What are slip roller rolls made from

fallriverbryan · Dec 14, 2013

Hey all
I am curious if anybody knows what the steel alloy is that higher quality rollers are made from. I'm mostly interested in the actual rollers. We have a powered roller in our shop that seems to have flat spots. When rolling metal the finished tubes don't come out round. I would make new rollers if I can get the material. Or, if someone has run into this problem and found a different solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Bryan

moonlight machine · Dec 14, 2013

Why not just turn your rollers? Remove as little metal as it takes to clean them up. Make sure your lathe is set up properly though, 3-4 thou taper in 6" at the chuck is huge 48" from the chuck. Make your new ones out of 1045.

fallriverbryan · Dec 14, 2013

Do rollers have a taper built in?

oxford · Dec 14, 2013

fallriverbryan said:
Do rollers have a taper built in?

I am pretty sure they don't. I think moonlight was trying to tell you that make sure your lathe is not cutting on a taper before you start the job.

fallriverbryan · Dec 14, 2013

I picked up on that. It seems to me thou that checking with a straightedge showed some taper on a couple rolls that we have. Maybe they are just worn over the years. Another thought I had was that a shaft was bent in the gear box. I really don't know. I can't visually see that the rollers are running untrue. Plus, with everything being somewhat worn, I may now be seeing the actual problem.

fallriverbryan · Dec 14, 2013

I may NOT be seeing the actual problem

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