Chronos Ring Roller Refurb To Working Condition

[Wallace]

Fettled a couple of other bits today, made a pin for the handle from an old stainless bolt with an R clip and decided it was time to grease it up and give it a whirl. Both my grease guns were empty....... I don't think I will bother modifying it to take thicker material as it really isn't up to it. A couple of adjustable guides would be a nice addition to keep the strip against the back of the rollers and allow you to feed the strip quicker then I suppose a reversible motor would be the next addition.

The Bead Roller sulking in disgrace gathering dust under the bench is the next POS on my hitlist.

Tried 6mm x 25mm and it really didn't like it, the 3mm was too easy!

Pin for the handle made from an old bolt.

 

[sparkysy]

He he I had a quick play with my roller today too in between fitting a night heater in a mates vw! Just some curves for a fire I'm making and a ring cos Icould

 

[Wallace]

That's a fine looking machine, where did you get that? Seeing yours bolted to the bench has given me an idea, if the keyways are the same length I'll try swapping the drive shaft round so the handle is at the front on the bottom roller. Might make it easier to operate.

 

[Wallace]

Curiosity got the better of me so I went and had a look, it works!

 

[sparkysy]

Mine was from eblag a few months ago work has got in the way of me playing with it though, and doing jobs for mates! That's a good trick with the handle, they do like to try and throw the material out the side as you roll it, as you said earlier it needs something as a stop on the ends of the rollers! Good little roller really I suppose! I want to make a bigger one but my south bend lathe is in bits at the moment so can't turn any bits till it's fixed.

 

[langy]

Your doing a great job there mate

 

[Wallace]

It definitely didn't like rolling that 6mm strip, the grease was like Coppaslip when I pulled the shaft out! There is quite a bit of play in the shaft bearings plus the rollers are very loose on the shafts and slightly eccentric which all adds up to pushing the job out and putting a slight offset in any rings rolled. I usually turn the job round before feeding back through in an attempt to keep it straight by countering the previous offset but the small roll I did still had an offset so it needs experimenting with.

I'm forcing myself to stop looking at bearings and new shafts and use it as is. My original intention was to use this and see if making a larger machine was viable by simply copying the design but I think a double sided pyramid roller would be better. I bought a bow type pipe bender off Langy a while back and the frame lends itself to having rollers fitted and an adjustable upper roller in place of the hydraulics to make a dual purpose tool without any mods to to the original frame.

Your doing a great job there mate

Thanks, I'm trying to prove it is possible to polish a turd but losing badly, there's more useful Chinese equipment needing similar work like like the bead roller and Jenny swaging tool bought in a moment of madness.

 

[MattF]

That's coming along nicely Wallace. Tidy work.

I want to make a bigger one but my south bend lathe is in bits at the moment so can't turn any bits till it's fixed.

Someone else with the lathe in bits syndrome. Ain't it a b***h when you have the gear but none of it complete.

 

[Wallace]

That's coming along nicely Wallace. Tidy work.

Thanks, Matt.

I broke the feed on my Raglan lathe and the machine was out of action for a while, it was like having my right arm in plaster.

 

[MattF]

It's horrid, isn't it. The amount of times I would kill for a functioning lathe but end up having to do things the convoluted way. That's why I started rebuilding the old Drummond, but then I got sidetracked with shifting the workshop round to make a spot for it, which led to me finishing the disassembly on that drill. Vicious circle. I'm even less organised in there now than I wasn't to start with. The floor in there is literally just piled with boxes and other stuff at the moment.

 

[Wallace]

The floor in there is literally just piled with boxes and other stuff at the moment.

Mine's like a Chinese tool takeaway.

 

[sparkysy]

It's horrid, isn't it. The amount of times I would kill for a functioning lathe but end up having to do things the convoluted way. That's why I started rebuilding the old Drummond, but then I got sidetracked with shifting the workshop round to make a spot for it, which led to me finishing the disassembly on that drill. Vicious circle. I'm even less organised in there now than I wasn't to start with. The floor in there is literally just piled with boxes and other stuff at the moment.

I am at much the same point as you MattF got a lathe and now need somewhere to put it, and then the time to get it working again, I got a new 3ph motor and inverter drive for it about 3months ago and still haven't set that up yet!

 

[MattF]

I am at much the same point as you MattF got a lathe and now need somewhere to put it, and then the time to get it working again, I got a new 3ph motor and inverter drive for it about 3months ago and still haven't set that up yet!

It's no fun, is it. At the moment, each time I look at the bombsite it's just a case of wondering if I'm ever going to get it looking anything like ever again. Keep looking at the lathe and thinking of putting a few more parts back on, and then realise that I have to be able to reach it first.

 

[Wallace]

It's no fun, is it. At the moment, each time I look at the bombsite it's just a case of wondering if I'm ever going to get it looking anything like ever again. Keep looking at the lathe and thinking of putting a few more parts back on, and then realise that I have to be able to reach it first.

Space, the final frontier.​

 

[MattF]

That image is so going on my shed wall.

 

[Wallace]

Rolled a couple of 3/4 rings up in 5x25 hot rolled strip for a mates BBQ smoker, much easier with the handle on the front. Have to swap ends with each roll to prevent the ring from coiling like a spring as the rolls are not 100% parallel due to the bearing clearances. Does a reasonable job compared to the poxy bog eyed thing it was before, will need regular grease shots in use.

 

[lchris21]

only just read this....excellent workmanship

 

[aametalmaster]

Very nice work...Bob

 

[Wallace]

only just read this....excellent workmanship

Very nice work...Bob

Thank you.

 

[Ali Riza]

Ali Riza Hi I am from Istanbul in Turkey. My name is Ali Rıza. I am an argon welding master. I have an little workplace. I saw your metal ring roller build. It is very good building.
I congratulate you. I want to buy this metal ring roller in Turkey, but I can't find it. If it is possible can you send me your metal ring roller dimensions. Iwant to make it myself.