Grizzly planer/jointer questions
I have been looking at this combo machine since I found out about it. I was wondering about the lack of infeed/oufeed tables for the planer. This should cause some nasty snipe...Do you see lots of snipe? How about the dust collection? I would think as a jointer it would be great, but the planer aspect looks a little lacking. I have a Grizzly 3hp dust collector which works great on most equipment. I also have a Shop Fox (Grizzly with a differnet color scheme) 6" jointer which works great, so I am not concerned about quality.
I also have the Woodrat. It is a fantastic machine. It is my goto machine for lots of things other than dovetails. I can safely climb mill knarly splintery stock without any problems. I did modify mine with a linear guide and a new front though for added capacity.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=61519
Yes, there is some planer snipe, but not a big deal
Scott,
Yes, there was some snipe on my test boards. I am actually thinking about adding a sled to make a longer bed. I had one for my 13" Delta planer which made a huge improvement. Again it is mostly a function of the combo machine design (i.e., short planer bed) which I can live with easily.
I looked at the pictures of your home made Woodrat. Wonderful set up you have there, I am very amazed!. Making a bigger auxiliary front to my Woodrat is on my list, but never got that far in my to do list. At the same time, I never felt that I was not able to do something without it either. So I may very well end up just not adding one.
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Originally Posted by
Scott Rollins
I have been looking at this combo machine since I found out about it. I was wondering about the lack of infeed/oufeed tables for the planer. This should cause some nasty snipe...Do you see lots of snipe? How about the dust collection? I would think as a jointer it would be great, but the planer aspect looks a little lacking. I have a Grizzly 3hp dust collector which works great on most equipment. I also have a Shop Fox (Grizzly with a differnet color scheme) 6" jointer which works great, so I am not concerned about quality.
I also have the Woodrat. It is a fantastic machine. It is my goto machine for lots of things other than dovetails. I can safely climb mill knarly splintery stock without any problems. I did modify mine with a linear guide and a new front though for added capacity.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=61519
What is the model number for the HTC mobile base?
Kevin,
Please let me know which HTC mobile base you purchased. I will be purchasing one as well.
Also, were able to arrange for the return of the Shop Fox base? I ordered mine when I ordered the machine from Grizzly. Of course I don't have any of the packing materials anymore...
As you noted, I will need to rent an engine hoist just to change out the mobile bases, which will cost me couple hours of time plus the rental expense.
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Kevin Murdock
Eddie,
Mine is the Shop Fox "Extra Heavy Duty Model". The casters to me don't look any different than on the ones on my lighter duty shop fox that is on my much lighter shaper.
They may be different, but they definately are not different enough to handle the up to advertised 1200lbs.
Not only do the casters appear not to be up to the task, but with the 700lb load you can visibly see the L-shaped mounting bracket bend under the (half max rating) load.
The person who helped me uncrate and put the jointer/planer into the mobile base actually had much harsher words that I'm expressing here.
I've bought a new HTC welded one piece mobile base which is rated to 1000lbs. Hopefully it is more up to the task
The bummer is that to remove and replace the mobile base is not an easy task. Raising the 700lb jointer/planer a few inches off the ground requires equipment that I don't have, like and engine hoist or a winch stacker. Guess I'll need to ask the person who help me last time to come over again with his winch stacker.
-Kevin
If the one on ebay represents significant savings and works fine then grab it
""Significant savings" is something only you can define though.
Chipsfly is the place I bought it from. Actually, I bought it during a woodworking show several years ago. The owner, Lewis is a great guy to deal with by the way. He also sells some useful accessories for the machine. He has other useful tips on his website as well.
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Roland Sherman
Frank, Thanks for the advice, I have already placed an order for the DVD. I also found a web site
http://www.chipsfly.com/
that has a video for viewing. Now do I want to try and buy the one onebay or buy brand new Hmmm (ebay 450, New 695)
Any thanks for the help
Thanks for the HTC mobile base reference
Hi Kevin,
You got an awesome deal on that HTC mobile base. I will keep watching...
About the Shop Fox base, between the return shipping, restocking fee, and the hassle to put it all back together I may not even try to return. However, I fully agree, it sure does not work advertised and should be returned with no questions asked. I may call them back and see what they have to say...
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Kevin Murdock
Hey Frank,
I purchased the HTC HSG-341 from Amazon.com. It was on sale for 74.10:
http://www.frozenwarrior.com/~pricew...lue=B0001LQXZY
But the price is back up to more than twice that now. Keep checking back to see if it drops again.
It's a bit larger than the footprint needed, but close enough that I can make it work.
I kept the outside packaging for the mobile base, but the styrofoam was beat up on the inside from shipping, so I didn't keep all of it. As noted above, I bought an additional one for my G0566 bandsaw, but it won't be enough so I'm returning both.
I called Grizzly about a return and they said that I could, and that I could be charged a 10% re-stocking fee and that I would have to pay shipping to return. If they find that the product actually is defective, then they waive the re-stocking fee and refund the return shipping.
The product isn't damaged per se, but it definitely doesn't work as advertised so I'd consider that defective. I'll let you know what happens.
And yes, it's too bad that there is no way to get the mobile base out without "mechanical assistance".
Once I find a replacement mobile base for my 21" bandsaw, I dread having to get that thing up a few inches into the air.
-Kevin
The width with fence stored all the way to the front is...
... about 33". Yes, it sure is bigger than smaller jointers, but for the capacity it offers and the center mounted fence, it isn't too bad either..
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Eddie Darby
Do you know what approximately the width would be to store it with the fence in the forward postion? Thanks.