Groz bench planes?

[Curt Harms]

Hi,
I did buy a groz #4 for about $40 when I just started ww hobby 3 year ago. I did not know any different between a good and a bad one. And actually did not start using it until last winter. Since I already had one so I wanted to make it works. I read alot about plan tunning and bought a set of hock blade and chipbreaker for $70 shipped.
With a bit of touch up and tunning the plan works beautifully now.
This is just a learning process and I am happy it works out find. But I will go for LV plane next time. Actually I have my eyes on the LV#7 now. And I will get it in the near future.

What You did is what a guy at Highland Woodworking recommended to me a few years ago--said the Anant planes can be decent if you put a Hock blade in 'em.

[Tom Adger]

If you do decide to go to the show at Peach State, you may want to visit their website, www.peachstatelumber.com, before you go. They have a nice selection of hardwoods.

[scott spencer]

I think you'd be better off with something that has better bones to start with, whether via an older Millers Falls, Record, Bailey, Bedrock, Union, Sargent, or a newer Lie Nielsen/Veritas, which all have superior precision and metal choices in key areas than the inexpensive modern planes made overseas. Compare almost any part of a new Groz, Footprint, or even a new Stanley Sweetheart to the parts used on a plane made prior to 1950...everything from screws, levers, caps, adjusters, soles and totes is either thinner, sloppier, softer, lower grade, cheaper, or all of the above.

[george wilson]

Thing is,a beginner may not know what to do o a cheap plane to make it better. He may also not have the tool skills to file the frog flat,etc..