Re: Oppeguard rubber stripper

From: Don Slusarczyk <don_at_slusarczyk.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:14:27 -0400

  It has been a while since I had an Oppegard but I know what you are
talking about as I had it happen to mine. The fix was to replace the
blades, my guess is the cutter was dropped at some point that is why one
spot feels funny. I thought the short term fix I used involved an
adjustment on the rollers. This adjustment controls the tension between
the two cutter faces, maybe it was a spacer or a spring washer that
could be adjusted, I do not recall 100%. It may have even been on the
lower one as the upper was fixed. But if set too loose the rubber can
squeeze between the blades and I recall adjusting mine to get more
pressure between the two blades and it fixed the issue of skipping every
so many inches. But I had to replace the blades to make the problem go
away for good.

Don

> Hi All,
> I just obtained a used Oppeguard rubber stripper, that leaves sections of rubber totally uncut. The uncut sections vary in length from a fraction of an inch to a couple of inches or a little more, as well as the rate of recurrance. The crank handle has a very slightly noticeable tightening at one certain point in it's rotation but as I say, it's barely detectable,& since the blades rotate at different speeds, does this indicate a blade with a dull spot or perhaps a blade with a warped area? Has anyone else ever ran into this with an Oppeguard?& does anyone know of a fix or how to get it repaired?
>
> Thanks,
> James Strickland
>
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