Well briefly:
The rolling mill will roll down metal into sheet thicknesses of your choosing. It will also texture sheet by adding textured metal, fabric, plastic or paper when rolling.
In addition there will be a limited number of grooves, of which the square ones are the most useful. These can be used for converting wires, squarish offcuts and wire ingots, into square wire. These wires can be converted into rectangular wire, between the smooth rollers, or used as a starting point for an infinite variety of thinner wires using draw plates.
The draw bench as the floor standing one from Cookson
http://www.cooksongold.com/category_...ery=draw+bench, allows you to fix the drawplates at one end and pull the wires through, using tongs and a winch. By using different plates in succession, you can make non standard wires, as for instance cushion edged square wire.
There is also a wall hanging version, which is much cheaper, or you can just use a winch, a rope, some tongs and a vice. Dennis.
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