After reading lots and lots about the many s-r s out there, I've narrowed my pics to Northstar vs Bailey -- 24", standard models. Can't find any real user notes about the Northstar with its nylon gears. This equipment will not be my main worker and I'm not going into great production, so the nylon doesn't sound too off. Questions: can the gears be replaced if they wear out by the user? What opinions do you all have on these two machines -- especially comparisons. Thanks for the help. Kathy Fields snipped-for-privacy@iwvisp.com
Choice of slab rollers
Jan 02, 2006
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Not very impressed with nylon gears; unhappy experiences in the past (not with North Star). That said, things may have improved a bit by now.
We've handled a couple of the Bailey DRDll's and were impressed with the build quality and its ability to go to a specified thickness in one pass. That would be my choice.
Steve Bath UK
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I have a Northstar and am in love with it. You might want something else if you are a big producer, but for my purposes the price was right. If you are a hobbyist, you might want to consider a table top model if you have something already to mount the slab roller on.
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