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Cole-Tuve plate rolls--any good? Price is certainly cheap

Richard Rogers

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Nov 27, 2001
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Bentley, Louisiana
Has anyone on here operated and/or owned this brand of machinery? I'd like some reports on quality, dependability, service, parts, whatever. Would you buy again?

Thinking of a 4 roll machine that could prebend 1 1/4", 10 ft wide, 50KSI, so it's potentially a major investment.

Richard
 
I have a small one- its 4 feet wide, 12 ga capacity, 3 roll initial pinch.
So its a whole different beastie from what you are looking at.
Made in Turkey, to EU standards, at least you hope so.
I have had mine for about 8 years now, and I frequently overload it- routinely run 1/8" stainless thru it, though not at full 4 foot width.

In 8 years, the only problem was a control transformer, that cost 20 bucks at Grainger.
So I never had to order parts from them, but I did call em on the phone, and the tech talked me thru the parts diagram- he knew the machine, he was a real guy in Baltimore.

So my experience has been good- but my machine was more like 5 grand, not 50, and I dont know how comparable it is to the one you are looking at.
 








 
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