Abstract: A roller with a replaceable sleeve used primarily in the can industry to apply a surface coating to the cans and also used in industries that utilize rollers for graphics, conveying, laminating or spreading a coating on another surface. The roller includes a core that has at least one male dovetail projection formed thereon and a sleeve with at least one female dovetail formed on the interior surface thereof. The female dovetail is sized to receive the male dovetail therein when the sleeve is slidably received on the core.