Craiglist Gloat- 8" Grizzly Jointer, basically never used!

Sailor,

That’s a real piece of junk. You don’t want that cluttering up your shop. Just put it out on the curb and I’ll swing by to pick it up and get it out of your way. <grin>

Seriously, that’s a great deal. I don’t know anything about alignment or adjustment but I’m sure somebody does and will chime in soon.

Craig’s List can deliver great deals if you watch it and strike quickly. A couple of weeks ago I picked up a 10” Craftsman contractor tablesaw for $40. No fence or miter gauge but cast iron top and wings… I have plans for updating/upgrading it…

Good luck with the joiner.

Herb

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Nice score!!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

Very nice score! I’m glad to see it has a good home too. I just purchased a 6” Grizzly jointer with spiral helical blades and it makes a glass like finish on even the hardest woods. Have fun making great projects with this.

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Good buy. I have 12 of their tools ,never a problem some are 14 years old. good luck. I clean my tops with a 5 in. orbetal sander works great.
Chuck

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Nice hit! I have the same jointer in my shop. It works like a charm. Well Done!

Michael

-- TulsaWoodSmith, Tulsa, OK The tools aren't the problem-It's the organic interface!

Way to go Sailor! Great price for a great machine. Don’t you just love Craiglist! I found a 3yr old G0593 w/Spiral cutter last month on the local Cragslist for $700. Even considering the spiral cutter head, you still probably got the better deal! Congrats!

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

Keep an eye on your post office as you picture will likely be on the board. You stole this jointer!

I’ll bet you’re glad you didn’t get that ridgid or powermatic 6” jointer you were thinking about getting a couple weeks ago.
Nice score!!!

With a find like that, all I have to say is “YOU SUCK.” Great find. I’m sure that will prove very useful for you. I’ll just have to continue with my big old No. 7 plane for now I guess.

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Looks to me like you would “tune” this up like any other jointer. Just explore the workings a little.
Nice score I’m sure you will be happy with it. If by some chance you still have a problem tuning it up. Call Grizzley they will help(which is more than you can say for some of the others)

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Thanks for all of the replies guys, I really am lucky to have found this thing. I used the site Craiglook to find it, it’s trully a wonderful tool of a website. You can search an item and it will show you ones within a predetermined radius of your zipcode/city. I have been checking it nearly every day hoping one would pop up.

Yestarday I messed with it for about 45 minutes and I have a little over halve of the fence and table done. It’s not a mirror finish but it’s good enough for me I guess. I wil follow up with more photos of the cleaned up machine.

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Nice score dude! Half my shop ( Delta Unisaw table saw, Powermatic drill press, 1 HP Steel City dust collector,Jet 14” enclosed stand band saw, Kreg prescesion fence, Veritas shelf pin drilling jig) is made up of awesome Craigslist scores! That is a great jointer solid as a rock. If you paid a ridiculous amount for it you might want to chuck the knifed head and buy a helical cutter head. Grizzly sells three different kinds, and they retrofit onto all their jointers. They vary in price, but if you got the jointer for a song then you might want to think about it. Index-able spiral or helical cutter heads are the shit! No knife sharpening or aligning EVER….and glass smooth finishes, and the best handling of figured woods…period. You get a nick or they just get dull, you rotate the little square cutter head to a clean side! That top will clean up nice. I would take the fence off and maybe work them both with some wet/dry automotive paper with your ROS and a little lube. Work your way up through the really high grits and that thing will look like a polished mirror!

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Good deal Sailor,it looks to be in fairly good condition. Check the ways, if they are rusty maybe some rust eating solvent and some lube may work. If that doesn’t work you may have to take the tables off and clean the ways real good. Check the jibs first, make sure they loosen when the lock screws are loosened…more rust eater. A good straight edge long enough to across both tables is needed to check for parallelism. If they are not parallel then the cut will not be straight. Check the belts, they may need to be replace if dry rotted. The bearings should be ok since the jointer had not been used much. Jointers are great machines, simple in design and easy to work on, I’ve never owned a Grizzly but have had several jointers over the years. I had an old American 16” jointer I used in my pattern shop that I rebuilt and used fo many years. In my home shop I have a powermatic 8” jointer that I was quite impressed with. Good luck with your new jointer.

Mark

-- Mark

That’s an incredible score! Enjoy!

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SCORE!!!!

-- Doug...