I'm looking to buy a 20" planer for my dads Retirement.
Was going to go with the Grizzly G1033X 20" 5 HP Spiral Cutterhead Planer but it out of stock. So I'm looking for something in the same price range. I looked at the Shop Fox® 5 HP 20" Spiral Cutterhead Planer. Looks like it close to the same planer. The shop fox has a Feed rates: 18 & 23 FPM vs 16 & 20 FPM on the grizzly but the Cutterhead speed is faster by 700 RPM in the shop fox. The other thing is the shop fox has 3 Chromed infeed and outfeed rollers and the grizzly has cast iron extension tables. The fox has Rubber outfeed roller and 2 Chromed upper rollers the grizzly dose not say what it has. Both have 5hp, Table size: 25-3/4" x 20", Dust port: 5", Knives: 4 rows, spiral knife configuration, total of 90 knives, Magnetic safety switch. The shop fox is around $100 more shiped in. Has anyone used one of this unit? Sure would like to hear your experiences with grizzly and shop fox and these machines in particular. I would sure appreciate any opinions. Thanks