hi. I am melting scrap and trying to roll it out into bracelet blanks. My problem is that I am getting wavy product. Any experience or fixes out there? Thanks, Jack
Well, it is problematic. Fixes no. Sterling stock is created under tightly controlled conditions. Inert. No oxygen. Been there, done that. Buy your sheet friend. I’ve done it all. Torch control, yada, yada, yada. I can get by doing wire. If I really feel like making sheet, I can do it all right. And you still have to cut out big sections. Others may have different experiences, which I would love to hear about. Even if it was perfect (which it never is) you spent a lot of time casting blanks and rolling it out which honestly negates the cost of buying sheet stock. Great idea. Makes no economic sense unless you have a lot of old silver and can cut around the blemishes. Just my 2 cents. Others may have different experiences or better advice.
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How thin are you rolling? How thin is bracelet stick? I routinely will roll stock down from about 6ga. to 12ga. when ever I need to. How often do you anneal the sheet you are rolling? I get waves when I start rolling much further but I guess I am able to work around it. Maybe I make the waves party of the design.
I would search this question through the archives. I believe it has been asked several times in the past.
Good luck!
Don.
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Assuming that you mean wavy up and down and not left and right, don’t change the opening of the rollers since your last roll. Anneal your stock and then run it through the rolling mill at as much of a diagonal as you have space for. Good luck…Rob
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