Patent ID: 8545135

Claim:
A regroove tool, comprising: a shank configured to be received by a stand; a cutting insert configured for cutting a groove of a sheave, including at least: a shaft, the shaft having a cylindrical first end and a cylindrical second end; and a cutting section, the cutting section including at least a plurality of staggered cutting teeth, the cutting section disposed about the shaft in between the first end and the second end of the shaft; a body configured to receive the cutting insert at two or more mount points of the body, wherein at least one mount point is on either side of a longitudinal axis through the shank, including at least: a first cutting insert channel, the first cutting insert channel disposed at a first end of the body; and a second cutting insert channel, the second cutting insert channel disposed within a body clamp, wherein an end of the cutting insert is inserted into the first cutting insert channel of the body and the opposite end of the cutting insert is inserted into the second cutting insert channel of the body clamp, and wherein the first cutting insert channel is a first mount point of the body and the second cutting insert channel is a second mount point of the body, wherein the first and second mount points are on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis through the shank.