Grizzly in the basement

[Dave Verstraete]

WOW, They're a might heavy! Two sons, a friend and I muscled the Grizzly to the basement. I always hesitated on buying a 15" planer but finally "pulled the trigger". Spent the evening cleaning off the packing grease and putting the wings on it.

[Grant Davis]

That is a nice looking piece of machinery. Hope your back is still in one piece after hauling that beast down stairs.

[Curt Harms]

:DSweet! Congratulations. 400 lbs. more or less was plenty for me:o. Have You used it yet? I've never heard or used a machine with a helical cutterhead. There's certainly a lot of buzz about 'em.

[Dave Verstraete]

After the move, we hoisted a few and all that I allowed myself was to clean it up. I didn't put the plug on the end of the cord for that reason.

[Stephen Edwards]

My neighbor has that planer and loves it. I'm sure you will, too.

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Hi Dave,

I have a basement shop too. And getting machinery down there (and the old ones up and out) is my biggest deterrence to upgrading. However, I must admit, my existing machines do the job as a hobbyist. None the less, that's one fine looking planer.

Enjoy!

-Jeff :)

[Rod Upfold]

Very nice...lucky you had some people to help you move into the basement. You won't have to take it out because its coloured to match your floor tiling.

Rod

[Dave Verstraete]

Rod: I had my interior designer make sure that the colors didn't clash! Just kidding!

Jeffrey: I figure that I'll get them down the basement and my heirs will get them back up those stairs.

[J. Z. Guest]

Congratulations Dave. It looks nice & solid! It has rollers on the bottom, right? If you have problems with snipe, you can remove the rollers and it will be totally gone. If it is an issue, give me a shout. I have a book that describes how it is done.

[Don Bullock]

Congratulations on your new planer. Let us know how you like it after you've used it for a while.

[Dave Verstraete]

Jeremy: Looking at the rollers. Can I just lower them that far?

Don: I have 50 bf of cherry once I'm comfortable with it. I'll keep you informed.
Now.....what boards do I want to learn on?? Where is that hard maple....maybe not!

[Lance Norris]

Dave... I have the 1021x. Similar size and weight. In my basement as well. It took 4 of us and thankfully, I have a basement walkout with stone steps. You are going to like the spiral head. They are quiet. My dc makes much more noise than the planer does.