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   geedubbee | Nov 28, 2020 05:33pm | #1

   Infinity and Amana both make one. These groovers are sometimes 8 inch diameter as opposed to 10 inch and that may be fouling your search results.

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   Rob_Sp | Nov 28, 2020 05:34pm | #2

   Here is a link. However, unless you are cutting an awful lot of grooves on a production basis, or have money to burn, it's a bit of a waste. A quality dado set will serve just as well, is more versatile and just as easily set up. A solid carbide spiral router bit will do an excellent job as well.

   https://www.amanatool.com/61365-carbide-tipped-groover-8-inch-dia-x-24t-ft-12-deg-5-8-bore.html?ff=1&fp=9864

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   mschlack | Nov 28, 2020 06:21pm | #3

   I fail to see the point as well, unless you're a production shop. I have a 10" Freud heavy duty rip blade that's 1/8" and flat=bottomed. I can easily cut a groove, move the rip fence and 1/8" and widen the groove to 1/4" in less time than it takes to change a blade and back again. If you need absolute accuracy, reach for the router bit or dado.

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   user7596380 | Nov 29, 2020 03:36pm | #10

   Hmm. Here's a thought: I wonder if "Ben, the Brave" and or any of his FineWoodworking crew-mates have ever slapped two of those together - ala Dado-like, and performed the same ¼" grooving task? Seems to me, as long as they're properly aligned "Tooth to Gullet"and tightened properly, it should work.

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   john_c2 | Nov 28, 2020 06:28pm | #4

   The first time you sharpen a 1/4" grooved, it will no longer be 1/4".

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   user7596380 | Nov 29, 2020 03:22pm | #9

   True. First, however, how many feet, yards or "A Real Lot's" do you think a quality carbide-tipped blade will cut before it needs sharpening? Second, just how much of the width is removed in a professional sharpening? A "Painter's Tape's Worth"? Just stick the appropriate number of layers of tape on the fence [1, 2, ?], make the cut, remove the tape and make a second pass. This may be a concern in a high volume professional woodworking cabinet shop, but, for the average aged hobbyist it's more of a "Not in my lifetime" passing thought.

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   IrishBill_NY | Nov 28, 2020 06:54pm | #5

   Thanks all, I was debating getting a dado set; I had never heard of groovers-looks as if dado is the way to go. Thanks.

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   Rob_Sp | Nov 29, 2020 09:03am | #6

   You should pick up a set of these as well. I used to make my own from paper and playing cards, but these are well worth buying.

   
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   user7596380 | Nov 29, 2020 03:11pm | #8

   Excellent suggestion.

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   _mj_ | Nov 29, 2020 01:23pm | #7

   Does anyone know what Sawstop has to say about the heavier grooving blades?