This Pepe Tools rolling mill is fantastic. I've had one for several years. You are showing there is the one I have recommended to dozens of other jewelers. Its Nowhere near as expensive as the only other could possibly compete with it . And the quality is phenomenal. I've had the pleasure of speaking with them directly I had one complication with my mail in the very beginning, they were very quick to assist and solved every problem. Customer Service is perfect. And you probably won't need the warranty but it has one.

I have the same Pepe Mill, I love it. But what I love even more is your integrity and honesty in telling viewers you got it for free, and how and why. I think it's great that you did and that you are working with Pepe. They are lucky to have you reviewing them. You are an asset to any tool company simply because of your candid honesty and integrity!! And, Pepe is AMERICAN MADE! ahh! Ps. Check out Pepe's squared ring mandrel, it makes gorgeous ring shanks, my customers prefer them absolutely.

Love the in depth explanation, reviews like this really help out when choosing any piece of machinery/equipement. Pepe rolling mill looks amazing ! Congrats on new mill

I just bought that same roller , the ring stretcher/reducer , and jump ring maker the first week of the year . There is the larger one , but it is $500 + more . I am glad you are going to be doing videos using this , as it will be very helpful to all of us . We'll be waiting and watching .

I appreciate you breaking down the good, bad, and ugly about the cheap rolling mills vs quality. I’m what you’d call a “serious hobbyist” in that I’m an artist, older and just beginning to do metalwork, but always hunt for the best quality I can afford, or the least expensive tool that still retains essential quality. I was leaning towards a $300 Indian made rolling mill, but ended up getting one of the smallest pepetools machines (90mm combination mill) -while I would’ve liked having more sizes of wire rollers, and a bigger space for flat metal, this little machine is extremely well designed and for its size provides a enough room for everything I’ll actually need to use. I’m very pleased with it. Made in USA is more then icing on the cake- it’s a necessity.

Another amazing video thank you Randy. I look forward to the videos you have planned aloha.

Very informative as usual. Congratz on the mill and partnership. Win win.

Great information and very timely for me. Was just about to buy a used version of the "economy" model but did not realize its limitation in accepting thick ingots which would have been its primary use. Thank you!

Another thing to consider is the quality of the materials and workmanship in an "economy" versus a high-end rolling mill. I bought one of the economy ones off of Amazon... the point where the 'steel' roller met with the gears crumbled! I used it gently, did not try to force metal through it. (I tried to post a picture of the broken piece but couldn't). Of course, the seller did not stand behind the roller. So, it was a total waste of approx $300. I have had a Pepe rolling mill for several years now, and LOVE it! It is definitely a case of 'you get what you pay for' in rolling mills. Save for an extra couple of months to get quality.Take it from somebody who learned the hard way!

I’ve been contemplating between both of these for the same reasons. 🤣😂Thanks for helping me decide I wasn’t making more out of something I hadn’t used yet. I’ll be ordering the Peppe 🦨 when I get one. Thanks again! 🐴🐴🦅

sooo helpful, thank you! you answered all my questions.....especially now knowing that I can't put a texture plate through the economy, that's what I want to do, so that roller won't work for me. thank you!!

I got the blue one recently in the UK for £160ish with the five extra rollers. I tried it on a small silver ingot i cast to 5mm thick it wouldn't go through it as the top roller lifts high enough but it disengages the drive cog - so only the bottom roller turned! I was so disappointed about this - so as long as the metal is actually 4mm or less it does work

Nice score. Looking forward to mill videos. I'm gonna get a pepe one this summer.

Got one today ! Thank you !

I would enjoy some more entailing the process of recycling and milling scrap. Another great video Randy. Thanks.

I have the same Mold, the same blue rolling mill and Yes you guessed right, the same Ingot. I’ve made an ingot and the rolling mill won’t roll it. I don’t have pounding equipment to pound the ingot into a thinner piece. So stuck with this problem. I’m now looking at rolling mills. It seems obvious what was the problem, but I just didn’t see it. I assumed my budget rolling mill was broke or at the end of its life span. So after watching your video it’s convinced me that a better RM is the way to go. Big Thank you once again.

Very interesting! I really enjoyed this video for the rolling mill as well as the mounting hardware system you are using. I'm looking forward to your video on how to make your own sterling silver. I currently purchase the sheet and wire already made.

Pepetools makes great stuff. I have a Pepetools furnace, I bought 20+ years, forgot it many times under the rain, but still running like a champ👍👍👍 I also bought the same blue indian rolling mill that you are showing. The frame where the small gear is attached broke 2 days ago. I cannot use the mill anymore. If you are going for the indian mill, make sure you are using an ingot no more than 2 mm thick and take very small increments or you will be sorry.

Just what I needed to know , great presentation , you have a new subscriber ,and I do plan on ordering the pepe tools mill and will definitely use the coupon code , Thank You .

Hi Randy, so finally got around to putting inserts in your bench eh? I have that exact mill and just love it! It just reeked of quality taking it out of the box!

I have a Pepe economy rolling mill and it's absolutely awesome. If you take care of it, it will last for years. When I upgrade, it'll be to a Pepe electric mill. Lol...thanks for the video Randy, you rock!

Do you think rolling mills like these are a good choice to emboss 36 gauge brass and cut out a design at the same time? Or is that overkill?

Great video, but I'm still love my electric mill, best investment ever. Still awesome that you made such optimal use of your workspace.

Great work thank you!

Does the rolling mill have to be mounted for to use it?

Hey. I appreciate the videos very much. I have the Pepetools 160 mm flat mill, but it doesn't have wire rollers, so I have to forge out wires poured into the same ingot mold you showed. A similar but bizzaro situation from yours. I've been thinking about getting your first mill (cheapo) just as a wire mill to mill the biggest wire size in the ingot mold we both have. Would you recommend cheap mill as a half duty wire mill? Thanks again

It is very important that when you make the first purchases of jewelry tools you buy the important ones from the professional and not the economic range. Jewelery is a long-term investment and therefore it is necessary to have professional tools such as rolling mill, polished motor, ultrasonic machine etc. Thanks for the video, honestly I was looking after the economical rolling mill, and I needed a video like this to understand exactly his problems and how useful he is. Also professional mills also produce Durston, Mario di Maio, Cavallin and of course Pepe tools. It is important if you have a bigger budget to buy one with a gearbox, it helps that the laminated sheet does not make waves and you don't need that much strength.

Very informative. Didn’t realize that changing rollers is time consuming and messy. The desynching of rollers wasn’t something I would have considered. And thickness seals the deal. No bargain mill for me.

I’m still using my economy mill. I have to wait to be able to afford a Pepe tools one. I wish they had a lay away plan, then I could have bi-passed the economy one. Can’t wait to see you make 925 silver. You can also make Argentium. It’s 930 and uses germanium and zinc. I haven’t made any of the silver alloys, but I researched them to see what would be needed.

Do you need a lot of strength when turning the crank with the Pepe? I have so much difficulty with the economy version.

I have the very same Pepe rolling mill and I’m very happy with it. I do textures with it by rolling texture paper with the metal. Contenti sells them but they don’t last forever but they are cheap.

I was looking at Amazon and Pepe tools from the links you supplied in your video. Both mills apparently have a maximum aperture of 5 MMs. Am I looking at the wrong information?

The gearing and handle length in these two units is obviously very different. You did not comment on the difference if any in effort required to rotate handle. Is there much difference?

Great vid as always, love your honesty and transparency regarding Pepe Tools. Also I’m super jealous... I really want a rolling mill 😩 I’ve been looking at the Durston entry mill but it’s just soooo expensive, a little cheaper than the Pepe one you’ve just shown, but still too much money for me. Even the economy mill like your old one is on the pricey side for me at the mo, but I’m not going to be making my own sheet and wire, so I’m still considering it. Wish I pop over to your workshop and borrow your new one!! 😹😹😹 If only there wasn’t an entire ocean in the middle 😹😹😹

Did you ever have issues with the economy mill sticking

Do you have video on Rolling mill use ? Great video

I do have a question about Rolling Mills. I keep having my metals skew as they go through and end up with bent pieces. Any advice? Thanks for the channel, love the content.

Enough said, save your money, get the best.

In Australia that Pepe mill is $1430 AU before shipping. The cheap one $300 AU with free shipping. It will be sometime before an upgrade. Maybe one day.

I just got a Durston c130 and its in my garage still in the box and im too hyped about it! But imma need you to make some rolling mill vidyas so i can figure out how to use this thing!! 😁👍

How uniform is the sheet thickness put out by it?

What is an industry and how big is it?

heey! where do I get this lovley 2 sided ingot mold from?

Great mill and yeas you should mount it or it will be bouncing round the room.

Just a heads up for any Canadian Jewelry Makers the PepeTool is around 1,100$ CAD + Tax and the blue one he has is a "No name" brand by Jewelers Tools company and costs around 500$ + Tax with the 2 flat rollers and around 700$ + Tax for the combination mill with multipule rollers all around the same price depending on if you go with an 80mm anything for smaller mm will cost even more so expect to pay double the price as of what is referenced in the video

The Pepe link to Amazon US is dead with no restocking date.

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OK that strange the Amazon description and the PepeTools description for the Combination Rolling Mill 130 mm says different things. PepeTools says the maximum aperture is 5mm. Amazon says the maximum aperture is 7.5mm.

if it's just Ingot size and switching out rollers that I'm pretty sure the one I'm looking at wouldn't have that problem because it has a similar roller configuration to the Pepe.

can a rolling mill like the economy one roll steel that's orange hot?

Update: A year and a half after this video was uploaded (July 2021) the price is $760

The Pepe looks a lot better, that's for sure.

But that's not the only chinese-made Julie Rolling Mill that they sell they sell larger Chinese rolling Mills out in the market

black machine price

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Would you want to sell the economy one please

To buy this machine

How can you promote something that does not do what the description says it capable of

Yeah, but what about the economy one that is the same design as the pepe? This is apples and oranges

Hello

we have this model in China

I have the economy but if I could afford a Pepe I would buy it. By the way, your hand movements are so distracting I have to look away to follow your comments. Wish you would scale way back on that - or are you Italian? Lol!

$1800 CAN on Amazon.ca. Economy roller $360 CAN on Amazon.ca.

It sounds basically like you got a very expensive mill for free so you'll promote their mill. That's hardly a non-biased review.

It’s called a rolling mill dummy

Can the handle be removed for storage on the Pepe?