Finally got 'er together!

[Mike Marcade]

Some of you fellas are familiar with my Grizzly G0490 story. Well I finally got it together and she's almost ready to make some sawdust. You can check out a pic below. :D

[Chuck Lenz]

Nice jointer, but please don't tell me you use a collection bag under your Contractors table saw when you have a dust collector sitting right there ! Does any of it get used ? I don't see a spec of dust on ANYTHING !

[gary rogers]

Nice machine, I was thinking of getting one once the budget recovers from the holidays. Watch out for that foot pedal for the mobile base. It will crunch the top of your foot if you don`t stay out of the way of it when your moving it. I have a black & blue foot from getting run over by my planer.

[Gary Keedwell]

Some of you fellas are familiar with my Grizzly G0490 story. Well I finally got it together and she's almost ready to make some sawdust. You can check out a pic below. :D
That's a beauty Mike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/evsac/Video/Birthday%20Smiley/congrats.gif

What ya got for a cutting head? That is an 8 incher, right? I get mixed up with all these Model numbers.

Gary

[gary Zimmel]

Mike

Sweet Jointer....
But how do you keep your shop so clean.

[Mike Marcade]

Nice jointer, but please don't tell me you use a collection bag under your Contractors table saw when you have a dust collector sitting right there ! Does any of it get used ? I don't see a spec of dust on ANYTHING !

That is a collection bag, but it has a spot to connect a hose to it. So I use my shop vac to suck dust out the bottom and my dust collector to suck dust out the back.

[Mike Marcade]

That's a beauty Mike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/evsac/Video/Birthday%20Smiley/congrats.gif

What ya got for a cutting head? That is an 8 incher, right? I get mixed up with all these Model numbers.

Gary

Thanks Gary. It is a 8 incher with the standard 4 knife cutterhead. I did replace the stockers with carbide tipped knives though. ;)

[Mike Marcade]

Mike

Sweet Jointer....
But how do you keep your shop so clean.

Its so clean because I'm not actually building anything in there right now and still in the process of getting it set up. ;) Once the dust starts flying it doesn't look nearly as clean.

[Jim Becker]

Looks good, Mike!!! Snazzy floor, too... :)

(Keep up the great work on those servers, too...)

[Mike Marcade]

Thanks for the compliments Jim. :)

[George Morris]

Mike looks great, they are nice machines! If you don't mind me asking where did you get your floor tiles are they rubber? How easy does the jointer mobile base run on it? Thanks!! George

[Chuck Lenz]

That is a collection bag, but it has a spot to connect a hose to it. So I use my shop vac to suck dust out the bottom and my dust collector to suck dust out the back.
Excuse me while I go pullout what left I have for hair.

[Don Bullock]

Congratulations Mike. I really like mine.:D Great looking shop.

[Mike Marcade]

Mike looks great, they are nice machines! If you don't mind me asking where did you get your floor tiles are they rubber? How easy does the jointer mobile base run on it? Thanks!! George

Those tiles are actually rigid molded polypropylene. They are dead ringers for the Racedeck Circletrac tiles for much less money from Sams club. All of the heavy tools roll very well on the tiles.

[Mike Marcade]

Excuse me while I go pullout what left I have for hair.

Just shave your head like I do. :D

[Mike Marcade]

Congratulations Mike. I really like mine.:D Great looking shop.

Thanks for the compliment Don. Although currently it is only a garage in shop's clothing. :D:D:D

[CPeter James]

Why did you swap the knives for carbide? There have been some interesting discussions recently about carbide knives and I will be interested in seeing how you like them. HSS takes a better edge.

CPeter

[Mike Marcade]

Why did you swap the knives for carbide? There have been some interesting discussions recently about carbide knives and I will be interested in seeing how you like them. HSS takes a better edge.

CPeter

I just don't want to remove, sharpen, and reinstall them as often. In the future I may get one of the Shellix heads for it.

[Mac Cambra]

Highly recommend the shelix, I installed on on my G586 jointer and couldn't be happier.

[Gary Keedwell]

I just don't want to remove, sharpen, and reinstall them as often. In the future I may get one of the Shellix heads for it.
Now your talking....my retirement jointer will definetly have s shelix head.;)
Gary

[Mike Marcade]

Finally got my 220 hooked up so I could start 'er up. I got to give it to Grizzly, the G0490 really runs smooth. I placed a nickel on the table and hit the start button and that nickel never even wobbled at all.

Although I did really take my time aligning the motor and drive pulleys and am using a link belt.

[keith ouellette]

Its a great jointer. I love the floor also. I am going to get some one to take me to sam's club so I can price them.

On thing the g0490 needs is a longer set screw for the bearing behind the depth gage. (If they haven't changed the design yet) Be careful or one of them will strip. It is due to a space in the machine body. You can feel it with your finger just behind the depth gage.

[Mike Marcade]

Its a great jointer. I love the floor also. I am going to get some one to take me to sam's club so I can price them.

On thing the g0490 needs is a longer set screw for the bearing behind the depth gage. (If they haven't changed the design yet) Be careful or one of them will strip. It is due to a space in the machine body. You can feel it with your finger just behind the depth gage.

Do you mean the set screws used for adjusting the eccentric bushings?

BTW ... the tiles are not available in the Sam's club stores, you have to buy them online. See the links here:

Tiles: http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/nav...=5&item=360845 (http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=360845)

Female Edge & Corner Kit:

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/nav...=5&item=329381 (http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=329381)

Male Edge & Corner Kit:

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/nav...=5&item=329380 (http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=329380)