I bought the Laguna and am very happy with the build quality. It is a bit more difficult to get Grizzly here in Alberta Canada and the locally available Busy Bee saws were not anywhere near the...
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I bought the Laguna and am very happy with the build quality. It is a bit more difficult to get Grizzly here in Alberta Canada and the locally available Busy Bee saws were not anywhere near the...
Thanks Paul. Great advice and links, I learned a lot.
My planer was used and it needed some TLC, it was quite a mess, leaking oil, missing hand wheel, tables out of alignment. I will be taking...
I picked up a King Industrial KC-385FX Planer which is basically a Grizzly G0453 (part diagrams are identical) and have replaced the standard head with a Byrd Shelix.
Does anyone have any special...
I have a Sawstop PCS, a Delta DJ-20 jointer (with Byrd head), a King 15" thickness planer (with Byrd head), a Craftex dust collector and a King single drum sander in my shop.
Aside from the...
I built a folding out feed table for my saw. I initially built a large rolling table but that turned into a handy assembly table and was always covered with stuff when I wanted to use it for out...
Thanks for the input Erik and Len.
I think I've settled on the FS41 Elite if it will fit within the budget.
Erik's info about ease of adjusting, along with my dealer telling me that they have...
Erik,
Thanks. That helps a lot. I think I might try to stretch the budget to the FS41 Elite S and sell my DJ-20 and DW735. I'm not so fussed about the power lift thicknessing table but the...
Thanks Erik. My dealer in Canada seems to import the Classic line with Tersa head. He could order the Elite S but I gather that it would be a long wait.
I've watched Jord's video but I'm still not...
Hi All,
I'm in the market for a new thickness planer and have been impressed with the euro machines. Although I've been able to find lots of info on the Hammer A3s I haven't read as much about the...
Sorry if I'm dredging up an old thread and that's bad etiquette but I wanted to say how helpful this was when I change the head on my DJ-20 last week. Thanks very much for posting this!
I have the DeWalt, works great for me and was affordable. I think biscuit joints would work better for me if I could find better biscuits, the Freud ones I've been using seem too small, possibly...
Hi Steve,
If you've decided that either the Hitachi or the Ridgid are your favourites I'd suggest the Ridgid.
I would however strongly suggest you check out Makita and Bosch offerings which...
Tony,
I've used Dewalt, Ridgid, Makita and Bosch, all are great saws. I personally didn't feel at home with the Ridgid although the large table is nice. I currently have a Bosch in my shop and I...