In this video, I'm going to demonstrate how to operate the 975 roll groover in the in place
or manual method. You want to make sure that the pipe is prepared, based on the recommendations of
the coupling manufacturer. You're going to take your 975 roll groover, you're going to insert
the drive roll into the inside of the pipe with your groove roll on top of the pipe. You want to
take care of that the, the pipe is pressed tight up against the cover plate and then you're going
to hand tighten down, your groove roll into the pipe itself. Making sure that it's secure then
You're going to take your half inch drive ratchet and you're going to put, about a quarter turn on
that and that will keep that, roll groover from falling off the end of the pipe. Next thing you
want to do is set your depth adjustment, you have your step gauge and your depth adjustment screw
you open your depth adjustment screw up and based on the pipe size the diameter and the
schedule of pipe or wall thickness, is going to determine what step you set the gage for. Right
now we're doing a piece of 2 inch schedule 40. So we're going to run your depth adjustment
screw down, until it just touches that first step. Then we're going to slide that gage all the way
over to the grooving position. At this point in time we have an extension 1/2 inch drive
extension, that we're going to put into the input pinion gear, which will then drive that
975 roll groover for you. We're going to add a little bit of tension on the top, to drive that
groove roll down, into the pipe to start to form your groove. Then you're going to take your 1/2
inch drive ratchet. Put that into your extension and this will give you a directional arrows as
to what way to turn that 975. Not actually going to begin the grooving process by hand.
Every rotation around the pipe, you're able to remove your half inch drive ratchet. Come back to
your feed screw and put about another quarter turn, of pressure back on it at that point we're going
to head back to your, extension and again we're going to operate that 975 groove around the end of
the pipe. We're creating a little bit of a groove with every pass. Now we're going to take it back to
the feed screw again. Going to put about a quarter turn on it... and then right back to your drive.
And you're going to continue to do this until your depth adjustment
knob, bottoms out onto the housing of the 975... Which we are just about there.
Crank that around again
We've got just a little bit more to go, so I'll put it back into your feed screw again. And you
can feel when that bottoms out on the top, you close that gap... Now we're going to put it back
in and this time once you bottomed out on the top of that roll groover, you're actually going
to want to run this around the end of the pipe twice, to clean up any hard spots or high spots
in your groove... And that is how you roll groove manually or in place with a 975 roll groover.
Thank you. Now that we have our groove completed with the 975, what we're going to do is remove the
975 from the pipe and check our groove. One option that you are able to have when you're running the
975 in air or in place, is you can remove... The side support arms. If you are restricted in space as far
as operating or running the 975. It will take up a lot less room as it travels around the end of that
pipe. So what we're going to do is loosen our feed screw and at this point hang on to the groover so
it does not fall. Back the groove roll off... Until you're able to remove the groover from the end
of the pipe. Now at this point, this is where we want to take our diameter tape and go ahead and
measure the diameter of the groove itself to make sure it's within its specifications or
tolerances... So we would wrap the diameter tape in the groove itself, pulling it tight and making sure
it conforms to the sizes that you need, which this one is all set, so this pipe is ready to go.