Everyone knows about the big stuff that Standard Engineering offers to the repair trade, such as their range of finishers, presses, and stitchers.

Often the smaller things they supply are overlooked. Their range of flash activators and twin bulb heat lamps for example. Or their new, economically priced manual patcher. Obviously they manufacture or supply all the consumables used on their machinery such as thread for the stitchers and scouring bands and brushes for their finishers, but did you know they offered tungsten tipped grooving tools, complete on bayonets, for their 700-range of finishers also?

Standard generally recommend that a repairer keep two groovers for their finisher. One for outsole and one for insole work. This way, once you have set the groove location against your stitcher, the groove will be in the right place every time.

This new groover tool has many advantages. It offers a cleaner groove, a longer-lasting blade, is fully adjustable and fits any 700 finisher, regardless of age.

You may ask, “How does this benefit me?” Well, given the high number of stitcher service calls Standard’s engineers attend where the damage is caused by incorrectly set grooves it doesn’t seem such a bad idea.

It makes your life that little bit easier and will save you the inconvenience (not to mention the expense) of having your stitcher out of commission.

Good idea, you may say?