Do you make snowmobile superchargers, ash urns, train axles, tugboats, or centrifuges? Probably not, but you make something equally cool that needs a round surface. You’ve come to just the right place! Cammeck Equipment makes over 20 different sizes and types of rollers, and we even take custom orders. Our rollers enable you to roll sheet steel, aluminum, stainless steel, copper, brass, and other materials into tubes, rolls, or curved surfaces. Many mass produced rollers are weak or made of irreplaceable parts–these solid steel rollers are built to last.
What makes ours so great?
Metal rollers have been around for hundreds of years, and many metal shops already have them…so what makes ours stand above the rest? We start with laser cut end plates, to ensure 100% precision and consistency across every product we make. That level of accuracy has only been around for a few decades. The rollers are made of thick wall tube, strategically sized for each product. Cheap rollers are made from solid rod, and are unnecessarily heavy. Our end caps are reinforced, and a few pieces of each roller are made with 1095 high carbon high strength steel. Every roller is CNC machined for perfect concentricity and our experienced fabricators inspect every unit at each step of the assembly.
We are continuously improving to make the best hand crank slip rollers available anywhere in the world. Not only have we made hundreds of units, but we are currently on revision 34! Hundreds of people have gone before you and worked with us to develop and optimize this machine to be amazingly capable. We still claim that our largest unit (with 4″ diameter rollers) is the world’s best hand crank slip roller and we are still waiting for anyone to challenge that status.
Super Duty 4 inch Roller
This is our most popular unit and it can roll
1/2″ bar steel – 2 inches wide
3/8″ bar steel / plate – 6 inches wide
1/4″ steel plate – 8 inches wide
3/16″ steel plate – 12″ wide
1/8″ steel sheet – 24″ wide
.093″ steel sheet – 36″ wide
.075″ steel sheet – 48″ wide
Heavy Duty Super Adjustable roller
This adjustable metal slip roller is our best selling 2″ diameter model. It is an extremely versatile roller that can roll up to 24 inches wide of 1/8″ thick steel sheet! It now has 6 different positions. Because of the adjustable positions, you can roll to diameters as small as 3 inches. It can roll bar stock as thick as 1/4″. It can also roll square and rectangular thin-wall tubing into arches (not circles).
The thickness capacities are:
12″ unit can roll the full width, (12″ wide) of 1/8″ thick (10 ga) steel sheet, 6″ wide of 3/16″ steel sheet, and 3″ wide of 1/4″ steel bar.
24″ unit can roll the full width (24″ wide) of 10 ga steel sheet, 5″ wide of 3/16 steel sheet, and 3″ wide of 1/4 steel bar.
36″ unit can roll the full width (37″ wide) of 12 ga steel sheet, 20″ wide of 10 ga steel sheet, 5″ wide of 3/16 steel sheet, and 3″ wide of 1/4 steel bar.
We have produced 48 and 60″ units before, but the 2″ rollers experience deflection under load If you are rolling more than 36″ wide sheet, you will need the unit with larger diameter rollers
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The Basic roller
We set out years ago to roll 22 gauge sheet into circles for chimneys on stoves. We found the same thing that you’ve found…..the other products on the market are plain WIMPY! (and they are all imported) After dozens of design hours, Scott developed the super-simple design that is classic to our units, and used by nobody else (that we know of). It’s so simple–three rollers strategically arranged and one of them in a simple slot. that’s all! Just get the spacing perfect every time, and a perfect slot, and a way to force the roller to move and you have it! A simple, easy to understand, reliable system. Many of our demonstration pictures feature original designs, but all units sold will have the clean, laser cut side plates.
This is the second machine we ever made, and the machine that kicked off our roller business. (The first one was a flop). We still have a few of these in stock at 12” or 18” wide. They are good for hobby users and those rolling ultra-thin sheet.
Medium roller
12”, 18″ and 24″ wide, for thin sheet metal thru 14 gauge materials.
This is a general purpose, light industrial unit. It has 2 inch diameter rollers, and like all of our rollers sold, has reinforced end caps. These units can bend up to
1″ wide of 3/16″ thick Cold Rolled steel bar / plate
3” wide of 1/8” thick Cold Rolled steel bar / plate
5” wide of 12 gauge (.105) Cold Rolled steel bar / plate
12” wide (full width) of 14 gauge (.075 inches) or thinner material
Aluminum, brass, and bronze capacities are generally 1.5-2 times wider, depending on specific material properties. Copper capacities are 2-3 times wider.
The rollers are spaced to allow for 3/16″ material to pass through, so the minimum rolling diameter using 1/8″ thick steel is about 4 inches, and if using thin materials, about a 9 inch diameter is the tightest you will be able to achieve.
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Extra-Long Roller
Be wary of bending too much on too long of a roller. This unit was custom made at 62 inches. It is bending .050 5052-series Aluminum. The tightest diameter we could achieve was about 24 inches.
Need a unit that’s even stronger? Send us a message, tell us what you make, tell us what you need it to do, and we’ll get started on our newest design!
Feed Rollers
Small feed roller with 1” rollers – 12”
Simple feed roller with 2” rollers – 12”, 24”, 36”, and 48”
Heavy duty feed roller 2” rollers – 12”, 24”, 36”, and 48″. This unit has a stronger frame and has mounting locations for crossmembers such as slitter knives.
Extra-Large Feed roller – with 4″ diameter rollers. These units are built upon order and to customer specifications. Please call to discuss.
If you need the user guide or the guide that tells you which position to use on your unit, you can download it here