Worth Rescuing?

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8 June 2017 at 12:02 #301661
Barnaby Wilde
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Anyone ID what this roller is used for. It’s in good condition but seized.

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Edited By Mick Charity on 08/06/2017 12:02:48
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8 June 2017 at 12:02 #25291
Barnaby Wilde
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8 June 2017 at 12:15 #301663
Martin Kyte
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The closest I could go would be to put the set in a large bandsaw blade but you would never get a closed loop in or out. The top roller does not seem to be de-mountable ( is that a word). Maybe conveyer belt belting to generate a cupped bias.?

regards Martin

Edited By Martin Kyte on 08/06/2017 12:16:10
8 June 2017 at 12:18 #301664
Bob Stevenson
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The only time/place I hae seen anything like that was at the Boosey & Hawkes factory where they used a very similar tool to carry out the initial shaping on the blanks for brass musical instrument bell sections,……..the flat sheet is cut out along a template and the 'blank' passed thru the rollers to impart a curved channel section. The edges are then closed and brazed and then wooden formers are used to quite litterally 'bash' to the final shape.
8 June 2017 at 12:21 #301666
roy entwistle
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Could possibly be for a saddler
8 June 2017 at 12:22 #301667
Barnaby Wilde
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Top roller is iron. Bottom looks to be ally but poss either copper plated . . . or used to roll copper. I’m stumped. No makers name anywhere.
8 June 2017 at 12:35 #301669
not done it yet
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@notdoneityet
First thought that came to my head was a roller to shape roofing valleys. Likely a million miles off the real use!
8 June 2017 at 13:01 #301670
Ian S C
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"Snap", this is sitting outside my mates museum about a hundred meters from where I live, its for rolling leather.

Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 08/06/2017 13:08:17
8 June 2017 at 13:40 #301674
Hopper
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Wow, what are the chances of that???

What exactly would one make out of rolled leather? I always thought of leather as flexible enough to curve by hand. Obviously I'm wrong but just wondering how it all works.
8 June 2017 at 14:02 #301676
Ady1
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Looks like a proper antique tool, well worth saving in my book.

I use colloidal graphite to free stuff up, others in here also have decent alternative systems
8 June 2017 at 14:18 #301680
Martin Kyte
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I find rhubarb is pretty effective for loosening things up.

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8 June 2017 at 15:20 #301687
Vic
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Posted by Ian S C on 08/06/2017 13:01:43:

its for rolling leather.

Ian S C

For what purpose?
8 June 2017 at 15:26 #301688
MW
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Hide when turned into leather through tanning is much thicker before its rolled scraped or stretched to size. So its part of the making process

Edited By Michael-w on 08/06/2017 15:26:58
8 June 2017 at 15:26 #301689
John Flack
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Martin Kyte…….doubly so if you have a raphanus allergy😱😱😱😱
8 June 2017 at 16:06 #301696
Barnaby Wilde
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Posted by Ian S C on 08/06/2017 13:01:43:

"Snap", this is sitting outside my mates museum about a hundred meters from where I live, its for rolling leather.

Ian S C

Cheers. I knew you lot wouldn't fail.

I'm not interested in it myself but I've asked them to put it to one side for a few weeks in case anyone does. I can't see it being much value in a 'man cave' or shabby chic setting but there has to be someone out there that could find a new home for it.

It's located at the Household Waste & Recycling site in Darley Dale nr Matlock Derby's.
8 June 2017 at 16:25 #301699
Martin King 2
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Leather is often worked or rolled wet and takes a 'set' and becomes hard when dried out. Bit like me…..

Martin
8 June 2017 at 21:15 #301738
Chris Evans 6
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Walsall Leather Museum may have something similar.
8 June 2017 at 22:09 #301743
Robin Graham
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I'd have that to restore Mick, if they're not asking much more than scrap for it – time has gone when you could turn up at the tip and take stuff away for free. No particular need to roll leather, but it looks too nice a bit of machinery to be consigned to the furnace. Any idea what they want? I'm in Matlock area too.

Rob
9 June 2017 at 04:21 #301748
Barnaby Wilde
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Posted by Robin Graham on 08/06/2017 22:09:56:

I'd have that to restore Mick, if they're not asking much more than scrap for it – time has gone when you could turn up at the tip and take stuff away for free. No particular need to roll leather, but it looks too nice a bit of machinery to be consigned to the furnace. Any idea what they want? I'm in Matlock area too.

Rob

Pop down & ask 'em.

It's been put to one side but it'll get chucked in a bin or end up with a dealer eventually.

They have no idea what it was used for & I reckon negotiations should start at £10. It really does look like a nice bit of kit, obviously manufactured but no makers mark anywhere.
9 June 2017 at 10:49 #301781
Ian S C
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@iansc
No makers mark here either, had a look at Google last night, and about all I could get was roller skates, but I'm sure there is something on line that I identified it a couple of years ago.

Ian S C
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