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6th Feb 2012, 01:43 AM #1Senior Member
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Tennsmith 22 ga rolls (hand now powered)
I have had these 22 ga x 2' rolls since 2001 and they were hand powered. That sucked cranking the handle esp rolling my ceilingtrains tubing that is 70 some inches long, thats alot of cranks. So i bought a Boston 60:1 gearbox a cheap Grizzly 3/4 hp motor and a drum switch. I didn't have my lathes at the time or i would have done things a little different but i needed to mount the gearbox to the roller. I know the powered rolls have the gb on the other end but i didn't have a choice and since the movement of the bottom roll was limited by the cap of the machine it really didn't matter. So i mated up my Lovejoy couplings and got the motor gb mounted. I wanted to make a universal fit arrangement so i could use the gb/motor combo on some other projects. So to put it to this roll it just takes 2 bolts and its on. So move ahead 10 or 11 years i got a job in a plant that does some sheetmetal guard work and i am the new guard builder. They wrap the metal around big dia pipes which is fine for one or two parts but it gets old after weeks of them. So i told the boss i wanted to cut some metal and see if my rolls would make the job easier. He said why do you have rolls at home i said doesn't everybody So yesterday i rolled up the 16 1/2" wide 14 ga with no problems it was actually too easy. So maybe i can work out a deal rolling them at home...Bob
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6th Feb 2012, 04:50 PM #2Senior Member
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Nice setup there Bob,
if you can't scrounge those couplings and have to buy a couple they're pretty expensive i'd bet.
Cheers,
greg
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6th Feb 2012, 07:22 PM #3Senior Member
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Greg-n
I think aametalmaster is telling us what he has already done, I have some Bramley rolls i might do the same to.Actually good to have some overseas content, we are on their forums enough!
WillLast edited by wbleeker; 6th Feb 2012 at 07:22 PM. Reason: correction
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6th Feb 2012, 07:56 PM #4Dave J Guest
Nice job,
I agree with Will, good to see some overseas guys on here.
Dave
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6th Feb 2012, 08:25 PM #5Philomath in training
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Nice. Do you have a switch bar or something in case something gets caught and drawn in?
Michael
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6th Feb 2012, 09:31 PM #6
Congratulations Bob, you must be in line for a pay rise after that..
It's always a good feeling when you can do something like that.
Regards
Ray
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7th Feb 2012, 10:00 AM #7Senior Member
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7th Feb 2012, 10:02 AM #8Senior Member
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7th Feb 2012, 03:02 PM #9Dave J Guest
Like Will said, it's good to have you on the forum,
Book a cruise over here that way you can walk around on the way over. I will warn you that once your here you probably wont want to go back. So you better pack all your gear before leaving, so you can just send for it. LOL
Dave
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7th Feb 2012, 05:00 PM #10Senior Member
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It's only a bit over twelve hours from LA, nine hours and forty minutes from Honolulu, not far at all !
Will