Paper log roller

A device for making log-simulative members from flexible sheet material comprising spaced apart first and second end frames, said frames having aligned bearings, a shaft journaled in said end frame bearings for rotation therein and extending between said end frames, means for effecting rotation of said shaft, means for detachably engaging an end portion of the flexible sheet material to said shaft whereby upon rotation of said shaft said sheet material will be wound thereabout, a pan-forming member mounted upon said end frames and extending therebetween for disposition beneath said shaft and for cooperating with said end frames to define a volume for receiving the log-simulative member during formation, elongated leaf springs provided within said pan-forming member and having one end affixed to one side portion of said pan-forming member and with their other ends being free and normally disposed adjacent the opposite side portion of said pan-forming member, said leaf springs extending beneath said shaft for bearing against the log-simulative member during formation for urging the material into tightly wound condition about said shaft.