groover issues

[Denster]

The blade is deffinitly the problem. I bought a set at Harbor Freight came with the adjustable groover, adjustable V gouge, and a #2 edger for $12.95. All had to be sharpened but the groover had to be reshaped and sharpened. The Tandy blades fit perfect and the handle itself is good.

[columbo]

Man, I can't catch a break! went ahead and ordered Tandy Blade for handle. Got it in and ....It's too small for the handle hole!. Are there small and big ones? Geez! I'm just gonna order the whole thing. Picture shows the difference of the two blades.

[NoahL]

Ahhh, we forgot to mention that! Yes, the groover you get from Harbor Freight uses the larger (I think they call it a "saddle makers groover") blades. It makes a slightly deeper, wider groove, which I need since I use pretty hefty hemp thread, but you may not. You can probably improvise a little bit and put something in the hole in the handle to take up the extra space and make the blade snug, if you don't want to get the larger blade now that you have the small one.

~Noah

[columbo]

Yeah. I placed a washer around the post of the handle and then put the blade into the hole. it served as a spacer per se. Still, I'll order the "right stuff". as a sidebar, how do you sharpen these blades when they get dull? What is the bottom suppose to look like after it's sharp?

[mlapaglia]

Nevermind, I should have looked at the date. Sorry about that.

Edited December 22, 2011 by mlapaglia

[Kcinnick]

The Versa Groover is amazing, well worth the cost. I am going to try to figure out what size Bob Douglas Bissonette edger matches up with a Weaver #3 edger because if his edger is half as good as his groover I will hive the sharpest English point belts around.

However, I stopped grooving my belts, and only do a small tiny tiny groove using light pressure with the Versa Groover on the outside of my holsters. My machine pulls the threads plenty tight to prevent any fraying. I have quality tools where it counts and well use the harbor freight tools mainly when I need a motor to spin something. You can't buy a motor for the price of some of the Harbor freight tools. So I have a drill press that I would never use as a drill press spinning holster burnisher by spinner that I would never use as a drill press. I use the HF 4"X24" belt sander with a norton belt to smooth my edges, and a harbor freight grinder that has an amazingly quiet motor on it when its only spinning some duck cloth.

I have more in the Versa Groover than the belt sander, drill press or grinder and its well worth the money (I have all three tips, $80 for the groover and first tip, $30 for the other two tips) Heck, I didn't pay $80 for any of those items from HF, I was really just buying the motors to spin something.