What else can I use to groove a tire without buying an actual groover?:usa:

Originally posted by Snatch Block
What else can I use to groove a tire without buying an actual groover?:usa:

Angle grinder, Porta-bandsaw (2 intersecting 45 degree cuts- but that's hard to do I bet), File (take forever).

Tire groovers are only about $60 bucks. Just skip the steaks and :beer: for a week and you'll have the money. Or just find someone who'll let you use theirs (my solution was this one:D )

Use the gas-ax man!!!!!!!! Yeah , that'll werk good:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I ask this because a good groover will run $300-400 Canadian!

a friend bought one from ideal, i thought there was a web page but it didn't come right up. i'm sure if you look you'll find it at a local race shop or whatever.

Ideal Heated Knives
P.O. Box 187
New Hudson, MI 48165-0187
(248) 437-1510

it was < $100US for the knife and a pack of tips. he's cut a couple of sets of tires and it has held up fine.

:mad: F#@#ing Canadian money :mad: :mad2:

Personally I think you're shopping in the wrong places, unless the Canadian dollar took a nosedive reciently. Try someplace like www.afcoracing.com

I know a friend who used two blades in his circular saw. Worked and make a very nice smoke show for the neighbors :D

chainsaw with depth stop added.

I think that a goover is the best way now. I want to do my 38's like this:

http://www.wt4wheeling.com/tech/images/groovy/sx6.jpg

Originally posted by mike
Personally I think you're shopping in the wrong places, unless the Canadian dollar took a nosedive reciently. Try someplace like www.afcoracing.com

I bought mine for $63US and change shipped from this website.
Works well, doesn't bgdude? :D

I just got a nice groover from a racing outfit back east, for like $59.00 to my door ! It works good ! It was easy, I grooved up a set of 16X35X15 Boggers, used 4 blades and about 3 hrs. EASY !:rolleyes: :D :smokin:


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No, this is not me,,,,,I suggest you buy a real groover.
I got one from AFCO for about 60 bucks.

I have used the Ideal Iron, and like it alot. For just cutting groves like most peole do, it is really the way to go. Cheap, and effective. For major reshaping it is a tad slow. (read WAY FUCKING SLOW) but if you have time any thing is possible. The picture below was a regular Super Swamper TSL, befor I attacked it with an Ideal Tire Iron. It took me about 40 hours to do all four tires. For that kind of work I would get the 300 to 400 dollar one. A couple guys in our club are thinking about going in on one together. I have seen tires that were cut with chainsaws and they look pretty Hack to me. Another guy in our club showed me a tire that he did with a chainsaw disc for his 4.5" Angle grinder. It looked pretty good.

just buy a damn groover. its only gonna set you back like 50-60 bucks!!!! :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Rockbuggy
just buy a damn groover. its only gonna set you back like 50-60 bucks!!!! :rolleyes:

True but original poster is in CAnada... So its more $$ in CDN dollars :D Its still the right tool.

Did that tire work after that cut? it looks a little thin in the middle:eek:

Did that tire work after that cut? it looks a little thin in the middle

Are you talkin' to ME!

Ya, it works! About 200% better than before. :D

Snatch Block, looks like a swamper converted into one of those Yokohama Geolanders... :D

I used the disc from a pizza cutter, you know the cheap one from the grocery store...it has no teeth, just a semi-sharp edge around the wheel. I took it off the handle and put it on my 4" angle grinder. $5 and it did a set of 35" MT's quick and easy.

what about a router bit, like a carpenter uses to groove wood? Ive got one of those laying around....will that work for a TSL groove session.?

Back from the dead after only 6 years!!!!:rolleyes: :homer:

Yeah Dustin can afford real groover now... Wait he can afford to have them grooved... Thats more correct...

It takes us about 45 minutes to an hour to take out all the small lugs from a 35" bogger with this groover. Thats using a 1" wide blade almost 7/8 deep. 7lbs of rubber out of that size bogger.

http://www.off-road-outdoors.com/images/van_alstine_tire_groover.jpg.jpg

I used a masonary blade on a 4.5" angle grinder. It does real good but it makes a hell of a mess:smokin:

how about one of those saws you see on doctor tv shows that they use to cut a skull open ... :shaking: that way your cuts will be really precision

how about one of those saws you see on doctor tv shows that they use to cut a skull open ... :shaking: that way your cuts will be really precision

Why don't price one of those and get back to us.

just the blade is more $$ than four boggers .... the investment in a groover that takes about 10 seconds per groove is gotta be worth the forty hours to do it the hard way ... :shaking:

Why don't price one of those and get back to us.