Hello Everyone,
My shared studio has a Durston rolling mill in desperate need of repair. The gears aren’t engaging and we are unable to close the rollers. We called and emailed Durston directly but it was not helpful. We are based in NYC. If anyone knows a repair person, I would appreciate it enormously.
Deb, American Jewelry Supply are Durston dealers and have a repair shop.
We are in East Brunswick N.J. and have a truck in the city twice a week.
Perhaps sending some photos of the problem would be a good way to start helping you.
Let me know,
Cliff Durlacher, sales
Hi Cliff,
Thank you so much for your response. I will try and get you a photo tomorrow.
Kind regards,
Deborah
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HI Deb,
You may not need to unbolt your mill and send it to Jersey. (Not knocking having someone knowledgeable go through it, it just may not be required this time.
A picture or two posted here would let us figure out the issue. Most mills are pretty bonehead simple.
From what you’re describing about the rolls not closing, I’m betting you have a newer Durston which has the black plastic cover over the two thickness gears on the top of the machine. It also has a little circlip to keep you from pulling the center thickness gear out. (Which is a great thing, 99% of the time. Except for you. Today.)
What it sounds like is that the rolls have been opened up so far that the two big outboard thickness gears lost touch with the smaller one in the middle. So now you can’t crank them back down, since they’re not touching.
The easy answer is to unscrew the black cover, and very carefully wheel the two big outboard gears down a bit until they’re touching the center gear, and you can crank them back down farther by way of the center gear.
The problem with this is that once you do that, your rolls won’t be parallel with each other. So you’ll have to go through all the bother of re-leveling them so they roll straight. This is not difficult, just annoyingly tedious.
I actually wrote up a web-page showing how to do it, once upon a time. You can find it here:
…well, I just went to look up the URL and discovered my website is down. I’ll reply back with the address once the techies get it back up. The site is www.alberic.net and then go look under ‘tools’ once it comes back up.
Anyway, re-leveling the rollers isn’t a big deal, and the machine I did it on is a late model Durston, so it’s got all the extra widgets on it that you have to unfasten.
Hope this helps.
Brian
The site is back up, more–or-less.
The URL you want is:
http://www.alberic.net/Toolbox_Index/TabMill/tabmill.html
Looks like there may be another issue with it, but at least you can read the information, even if the formatting did get a little snarled up.
Regards,
Brian
I have a Durston mill whose rollers needed adjustment. I found a YouTube that described the process of adjustment perfectly with words and movie. Just go to YouTube and type Durston Rolling Mill and you are sure to find helpful hints.
Helene
Hi Helene,
Thank you for your response. It’s more than an adjustment. The rollers won’t move at all. I really think we need someone to take a look.
Many thanks again,
Deborah
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347-581-1689
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Hi Brian,
Thank you for your response.
Kind regards,
Deborah
Deborah Meyers Experience
deb@dkmeyers.com
347-581-1689
https://www.instagram.com/deborahmeyers_experience/
When you love someone, you give them jewelry. Always.