Rollers / Trucks / Cores

From Kelseys to Heidelberg Windmills, NA Graphics has rollers for you.

Please note that our inventory of rollers is constantly changing, and though we try to maintain a working inventory of the most popular sizes and types of rollers, there are times when we are out of stock on certain items. To avoid disappointment, please call (970) 387-0212 to verify availability, especially if you are facing production deadlines or have a critical need.

Please note that rapidly changing prices for oil are wrecking havoc on products down the petroleum chain, and roller prices are ones that are constantly changing--upwards. So please use these prices as a relative and not absolute guide as to current charges. Almost every delivery we receive has price increases, and there appears to be no end in sight. If you last bought Kelsey rollers back in the 50s or 60s for under $10 each, then prepare yourself for sticker shock.

We can furnish rollers for presses not shown in this list for presses like Heidelberg Cylinders, Little Giant, various table top presses, Pearls, and Goldings. For those wishing to have rollers recovered for rarer presses, it may be helpful to send your trucks, if applicable, along with your cores. Please call us at (970) 387-0212 or email us at info@nagraph.com. Your press may have acquired non-standard cores and trucks over the years, especially the table tops and C&P presses, so we may ask for detailed information for measurements before completing your order.

Our rubber rollers are made from a soft compound that will not shrink or swell.

We have received rave reviews for our Vinylith rollers from our customers and are very impressed with their performance on our own presses. Vinylith rollers offer superb ink distribution resulting in uniform coverage and greater ink efficiency with the longevity of standard rubber rollers. We agree with the discriminating professionals who have converted to Vinylith: these are the best letterpress rollers on the market.

Before You Ship Your Rollers...

Please check with us before shipping rollers. As a rule, it is less expensive to furnish new cores for Kelsey and C&P rollers. We recover Heidelberg, Kluge, and Vandercook cores. In addition, it is strongly advised not to ship rollers in wooden boxes, as these will invariably be damaged in transit. UPS also charges an additional fee to handle wood boxes. We maintain a stock of new cores at our roller makers for C&P, Heidelberg, Kluge, and some Vandercook presses, but not for table top presses--those are all custom manufactured (Sigwalt,Golding, etc.).

Roller Wash

Do not use gasoline, kerosene, benzene, mineral spirits (paint thinner) or similar petroleum distillates on any roller supplied by us, except for composition rollers. A water-miscible roller wash, which we sell, or that can be obtained from any other source, is the only recommended cleaner for the synthetic rubber compounds currently being used. Our traditional letterpress solvents are too harsh on these rollers and will cause premature failure, swelling, pitting, etc. Water miscible means that water can be mixed with the cleaner to reduce the strength and aid in the removal of paper fibers and paper coatings on offset presses. Use of any cleaner other than standard roller washes voides all warranties on new rollers. New rollers may last many years if proper care is taken with them.

Prices listed are per roller. Rollers are not sold in pairs or sets. Each roller for platen presses requires 2 trucks, and trucks are priced and sold by the each unless otherwise stated. Note that there is no charge for additional boxes--rollers are drop shipped from the roller maker, or if from our stock, in cardboard boxes. We do not use or charge extra for wood boxes.

Cores listed are for the steel shaft only and do not include the covering or any accessory parts. Some cores, like many of the ones used on Vandercooks, are complex and costly to manufacture. Every effort should be made to reuse existing cores unless damaged with the exception of C&P cores as noted above. If in doubt, call us.

"Kelsey 5x8 Form Roller, new core, rubber"
$92.30
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All the Kelsey rollers we furnish are precision made using professional grade synthetic rubber that has a useful life of at least 5 years, and longer with proper care. This is the same material used on the larger letterpress machines. Kelsey used to furnish rollers made from an inexpensive urethane product that would eventually melt, often causing an incredible mess. All new 5x8 and 6x10 rollers from us have nibs on the cores to lock in the new style trucks we sell (like the C&P cores and trucks) so that the roller and truck turn together as one unit. Trucks for the 3x5 are $5.00 each, for 5x8 and 6x10 are $5.50 each.
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