dirty jockey wheel

markw · Post by **markw** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 12:21 am

Anybody else get deposits from dark colour boards picking up on the CMCs jockey wheel. When cutting a double mount i will often pick up colour from a dark inner board that ends up deposited on the outer edge of the top board.

kev@frames · Post by **kev@frames** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 1:31 am

i dunno what a jockey wheel is, maybe mine has fallen off or it never had one, (Wizard) but the black core boards can make a real mess if bits get dragged about on the face papers when cutting from the front.
Not much help, just sympathy

g'night!
kev

markw · Post by **markw** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 8:26 am

My Valiani cmc has a little wheel next to the blade - its possibly just me who calls it a jockey wheel. Its function is to keep the board flat against the bed - and on darker colours (Artcare) it picks up a deposit of colour from the dark board and very neatly deposits it on the light board.

looking at Wizards web site it looks to me that the wizard has almost the same wheel config next to the blade.

Post by **John** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 9:38 am

The same thing happens on our manual Valiani, but only when the bottom mount is black.

We clean the wheel by running it over a piece of sticky board.

kev@frames · Post by **kev@frames** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 7:14 pm

mines the 8000, no wheel. Mine has a sole plate that glides along the top of the board. But we do have a miserable time trying to v-groove black core boards. In fact we dont v-groove black core boards any more because of this.
If you are cutting intricate deigns (cut art and v-grooving, does this not get affected by the jockey wheel?? just wondering)

osgood · Post by **osgood** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 7:26 pm

Gunnar Rapido has a plate, not a wheel and I have never had that happen!

kev@frames · Post by **kev@frames** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 7:38 pm

osgood wrote:Gunnar Rapido has a plate, not a wheel and I have never had that happen!

the black core board debris getting dragged along?

osgood · Post by **osgood** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 7:45 pm

kev@frames wrote:the black core board debris getting dragged along?

I've never seen that happen. I've never noticed any 'debris' at all anywhere!

Post by **John** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 7:49 pm

When cutting intricate stuff with the Wizard I used one of those blow guns attached to the air line to keep the cutting area free of swarf.