Vent: Bought a brand new clipper and it took me 3 hours to figure out the zero gap

Picked up a Wahl Legend from the shop last week and thought I'd just swap out the blade and get to work, but the thing kept skipping on a #1 guard. After messing with it for way too long, I realized the blade was seating wrong and I had to adjust the tension screw just right. Has anyone else run into a new clipper that needed way more setup than you expected?

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andrew_rodriguez27d ago

I've actually got the same Wahl Legend model and I went through almost the exact same thing. It took me like 2 hours just to get the zero gap right because the blade was sitting crooked no matter what I did. I had to loosen the screws and re-seat the blade three times before it finally clicked into place. The tension screw on mine was way too tight from the factory too, and it was causing the blade to chatter on any guard under a #2. Idk why Wahl ships them like that, but it's honestly kind of annoying when you're paying that much for a clipper. I ended up having to watch a youtube video just to figure out the right pressure setting, which felt pretty dumb for a brand new tool.

holly_walker7627d ago

Oh man, @andrew_rodriguez you're making me feel better about my own struggle. I spent a solid 45 minutes fuming at my kitchen table trying to get the blade lined up on my Wahl, and I finally just gave up and used a different clipper for that job. The tension screw thing drove me nuts too, I had to use a tiny Allen key to back it off a quarter turn before it stopped making that weird buzzing sound on the lower guards. Felt like I was back in high school shop class trying to fix a lawnmower, not using a $100 clipper.