Grooving Lino

[Robert Akin]

Just curious how many of you are using the Turbo Marmo Groover for grooving your lino installs? I have the blue Forbo groover and it works good except when I come to an area with a floor elevation change. It will either start to dig in or leave to much material.

I have been considering buying the set but would like to hear from others who have them and what their opinion is. Do they have any draw backs and are they worth the price?


As far as their ability to do circles and curves I think I can do a better job with just using a template and my hand groover. I have seen a few jobs done that had circles and thought they where a bit rough. Has anyone seen the same thing?

Here is the link for anyone who might not have seen them yet.

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Rob

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[Steve Olson]

I have the set of Turbo groovers. Haven't found a problem with them yet. The job I welded Friday had a very uneven subfloor, and it was fine. I was a bit more deliberate with it, maybe. I have not done circles.

[Robert Akin]

Steve Olson (aka skhardwoods) said I have the set of Turbo groovers. Haven't found a problem with them yet. The job I welded Friday had a very uneven subfloor, and it was fine. I was a bit more deliberate with it, maybe. I have not done circles.

Steve,

By deliberate do you mean downward pressure or cussing at it ?


Rob

[Steve Olson]

No. I stick my tongue out a bit, and tilt my head just a tad to the side. You know....Deliberate

[Robert Akin]

Steve Olson (aka skhardwoods) said No. I stick my tongue out a bit, and tilt my head just a tad to the side. You know....Deliberate

As Jim and Barry would say......."PICTURES PLEASE"


Rob

[Steve Olson]

Ok..of my groover, or my "deliberate face"

[Barry Carlton]

For circles, I use my circle cutter/groover (up to 20+ Foot radius). I do not have the 2 part Turbo groover for lino so I have to freehand my other curves. But having the Turbo groover for vinyl, I would definitely use the lino groover on curves as well. I have only heard great praise about the lino groover.

I, too, only have the blue choo choo type lino groover and like you I have to go back and regroove the high and low spots by hand.

[hookknife]

I have two turbo groovers, But not the marmo groovers, I still use my electric groover for linoleum as I really like the grooves it makes better. Also will use the old style turbo groover for lino once in awhile, but the newer groover clogs up when I try to groove marmo. Thats alot of dough for a set of groovers.

[BrianM]

hookknife said I have two turbo groovers, But not the marmo groovers, I still use my electric groover for linoleum as I really like the grooves it makes better. Also will use the old style turbo groover for lino once in awhile, but the newer groover clogs up when I try to groove marmo. Thats alot of dough for a set of groovers.

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You need to be doing quite a bit of yardage for those to pay for themselves. We never invested in the Marmo groover yet but we haven't had any large lino projects recently. I'm certain that when one comes along we'll have to buy one. They can literally pay for themselves in a day or two when you've got many thousands of feet to weld.

There's a Kaiser Permanente going up in Fontana and there's 60 union flooring men on the job for a shop I worked for a few times. Funny that everyone who's quit our shop or been laid off (read: fired) recently is working over there. I think I trained half their company! Some of the best and some of the worst. It's a huge project but with that many men I'm guessing the party will be over quite soon......if it's not already done. I heard about it a few weeks back.

[hookknife]

Yep, bid a set into a job and all is good

[Robert Akin]

guilty








Rob