GI 0634 European-style Jointer/Planer

[Pete Brown]

I searched the forum and found no mention of this new tool.

Except for the guard, this looks like some of the european jointer planers. Under $2500 including a 5hp motor, carbide spiral cutterhead, and freight. They have one under 2k with a regular cutterhead.

Grizzly G0634 (http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0634)

http://images.grizzly.com/grizzlycom/pics/jpeg288/g/g0634.jpg

I've always wondered how well these types of jointers do with such a short bed.

Pete

[Jim Becker]

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=48286&highlight=Jointer%2FPlaner+Grizzly

[Pete Brown]

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=48286&highlight=Jointer%2FPlaner+Grizzly

Ahh, thanks. I searched on G0634 and 634, but not just "Grizzly Jointer Planer" :)

Pete

[Jim Becker]

Search features are ornary things sometimes...my search keywords were "jointer/planer + Grizzly" and narrowed to the GW forum since I knew that was where it was.
----

I hope we see more machines like this as I believe that over time, they will begin to serve the hobbyist woodworker much better than many of the affordable mid-range choices that have traditionally been on the menu.

[Andrew Homan]

Pete,
A cabinetmaker friend with a full-time shop uses an Inca combination jointer/thicknesser with a bed that is shorter than that Grizzly, I believe.
I think that the combination makes a lot of sense and wish we'd see more of them (in the mid-range) on this side of the Atlantic.
-Andy