Abstract: A mill stand for a four-mill has a short-stroke hydraulic rolling pressure cylinder at the top of each housing. Variations in size of back-up rolls are taken up at the top of the mill by a series of graduated filler blocks positioned around a quadrant so as to form a circular staircase. The staircase is rotated about a vertical axis to bring the desired step between cylinder and roll chock. The lower roll set rests on straight staircases which are moved transversely of the housings on the conventional roll sled. Between the bottom of the sled and the bottom of each housing is a low-angle wedge positioned to raise the lower roll set an amount equal to one step of the staircase. The stand is aligned to the strip pass line by operation of the rolling pressure cylinders.