New Rollers and Trucks

November 17, 2007

A while back I had ordered new rollers from NA Graphics. I haven’t had a chance to use them since my old rollers were still printing pretty well. Recently, my old rollers started to crap out on me so I decided to finally use my new rollers. So, what happens; I can’t get the trucks off my old rollers. I tried everything to get them off; put it in a vice, hammer it out, greased it up and nothing. So I ordered 4 delrin rollers trucks. Of course, I run into a problem with the trucks. The trucks are so slippery (delrin trucks are plastic), that they are not rolling on the rails. I did not have this problem with my old trucks since my old trucks were made of metal. So I post my problem to Letpress (I love this site) and get a reply within minutes. Daniel from The Arm NYC suggested I rough up the surface with a scotchbrite pad. How simple is that and why didn’t I think of it? I should have known, being a lover of shoes, whenever I get a new pair of high-heels, I always go outside and scuff up the bottoms so I don’t slip.

Thanks Daniel for the advice and to all the other people on Letpress who gave me advice on the roller trucks.