I know there are mobs out there that do it professionally, but does anyone have experience with re-rolling steel rims in a home workshop?

Specifically I'm looking at a more practical way of truing up the rim profile on old landrover wheels. They often end up slightly bent due to various things - even dropping one on the concrete from waist height tends to deform the edge. Usually I just beat them into submission with a hammer and dolly and occasionally a bit of heat until they are reasonable, but its time consuming and if you're not careful can end up with a more general out of true that is then harder to remove.

I've seen videos of wheel rolling machines that take flat steel stock and form the profile and 360deg ring at the same time, but they are serious powered production machines with hydraulics etc, and the rim doesn't have a center in it.
Wondering if it might be possible to set up a custom ring roller style machine with profiled rollers that you mount the complete rim into (ideally on its normal mount holes to ensure concentricity) and then be manually cranked around - adjusting the roller positions to true the profile up as you go.
Hopefully that description makes sense!

Steve


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