Abstract: A rubber-covered roll has a cylindrical roll core and a cylindrical sheath of rubber molded about and covering the roll core to provide a rubber-covered roll core. The roll also has a pair of metallic end cap cores and a pair of rubber jackets each molded about one of the end cap cores to partially enclose the same and provide a pair of rubber-jacketed end caps. The rubber-jacketed end caps are attached to opposite ends of the rubber-covered roll core to provide the rubber-covered roll. Each end cap core is annular-shaped and has an inner corner beveled at an approximate forty-five degree angle to define a continuous inner corner surface thereon.