Ok it's settled I'm going to order a new planner and put the spiral heads in. I enjoy reading the reviews and comments from everyone, glad I found lumberjocks. Eventually I'll put some pictures of work on the home page. Still undecided on the Shelix or the Grizzly head. The only reason for the Shelix is that it cuts with a shearing action and it might just eliminate some chatter but after reading the jointer review Don suggested it seems everyone seems to have no trouble with the grizzly. After saving on shipping it's just $30.00 more but if it doesn't come with the T handle and extra cutters like the grizzly then it's a deal breaker.

 

eastside Glad we could help….I am sure you will be MORE than happy with your purchase.

 

Hi all,
I recently picked up the Grizzly G0453Z planer and spent all day yesterday setting it up. I have checked and tuned the infeed and outfeed rollers, as well as the table rollers to factor specs according to the manual. I have run a few test boards through the machine, but find that it leaves marks (run the width of the board all the way from front to back of the board) that look like it's caused by the serrated infeed roller. Any suggestions or experience dealing with this?

Thanks,
planesmooth

 

It is the infeed rollers most likely. After running a piece through run it again without changing the table height. The blades won't cut but you can get a good idea of how much roller pressure is on the board. This should be very minimum but will leave slight marks on pine and no marks on hard wood. You can also see how much the roller lifts by looking at the springs on the end of the roller (that's were the adjustment is). If they are fine lines then it might be the out feed roller. After that you can always fine tune from their depending on the type of work you do most.

 

planesmooth,
I agree with eastside....as has been stated already in this review…..the bed rollers, if set at what the book says (at .010 to .020) will leave snipe…set it between .004 and .002…and the spring pressure for the feed rollers is also to tight (if set at factory specs.)...which is causing your marks in the wood. I just ran scrap wood through mine over and over playing with the spring pressure till it left no marks at all, but still had plenty of power to pull the wood through.

eastside...how is it going with your spiral cutter head….did you get the new one yet…and if so did it make a difference ?

 

Just a note. I purchased the Rototractor from Grizzly. They sure do deliver quickly. It made adjusting the bed roller very easy. However the one of my roller cams must be defective because when I adjust to .002 and tighten down the set screw, the roller moves back to .004. So I set them both to .004. I still get a little snipe on occassion. I also get the feed roller marks on the first pass with pine but it is eliminated with the second and third passes. The surface cut is amazingly smooth with te spiral cutter head. I don't see a reason to even sand. For me it is important to hold the backend of the board against the infeed table until the board is coming out from the planner.

 

Eastside and Don K.,

Thanks for the advice. It played with the rollers height and got them to feed the wood without leaving an marks.

 

planesmooth,
Very glad to here it. And welcome to L/J's by the way !!!

 

Don,
Thanks for the review. I have been looking for a planer and was trying to decide between a bench top (DeWalt 735) or a stand alone with bigger capacity. You convinced me that bigger is better. I have had limited exposure to Grizzly tools, so this helps a lot. I noticed that Grizzly's latest add in the November WOOD magazine has the machine on sale for $850 and free shipping. Seriously considering placing that order. Of course, at 675 pounds, I will have an interesting time getting it back to my workshop over 100 feet of lawn.

 

Don
I called grizzly last night and they told me that the planer was on sale for $850 but the shipping cost was $144. Did you order the planer and get free shipping??
I saw the ad you are referring to also in wood magazine.

 

I just ordered it and you have to call in the order to use the wood magizine issue 194 "pricing code" and I got it for $850 FREE shipping.

 

thanks for the info. I will be interested to know now you like your new planer. I am debating on whether to place the order myself. That is a fantastic price. Did they charge extra for a liftgate or was that a concern for you?

 

I was wondering if you run this planer on a 20amp or 30amp circuit? 12 gauge or 10 gauge wire?

 

You know I've found that you can virtually eliminate snipe, if you joint the face flat first, then plane it. That is a nice planer!! Congrats!!

 

Jeffrey
I was wondering how you liked your grizzly planer?
Larry -Ky

 

Still waiting for parts from Grizzly damaged in shipping just like the last order they will never get my money again to bad customer service stinks seems like it might be a nice machine why do people care so little after the sale…

 

Jeffrey
Thanks for the input. I was debating on whether to purchase the planer or not, but you pretty much made up my mind for me. Keep me posted on what happens.

 

Don a question about the planer.
I read somewhere else that to protect the motor the maximum depth of cut is 1/16" is this correct?
Thanks

 

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