Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for the slitting and the rolling of elongated sheets of material. The apparatus includes a pair of parallel spaced supporting rollers, a mandrel longitudinally disposed upon both of the supporting rollers, a riding roller being longitudinally disposed upon the mandrel and being guided for movement away from the mandrel, drive means rotating one of the supporting rollers at a predetermined speed and providing predetermined rotational torque to the other supporting roller and to the riding roller, and rider forcing means separately and adjustably forcing each end of the riding roller toward the mandrel.