Acquiring new tools #2: Grizzly Planer - PICTURES ADDED

Ok,, Color me GREEN with ENVY. Good luck with the new toy.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

Looking forward to seeing the pictures.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

lucky, i’ve been interested in the griz planers for a while. cant wait to know more.

-- eric post, tallahassee FL

Kevin, Congratulations. New tools are fun, huh? Tell a bit more about the tent sale. Crowded? Much to see?

Again congrats.

-- Bill - If I knew GRANDKIDS were so much fun I would have had them first.

Congratulations on the new planer. Pictures will be nice to see.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Oh crap, I bet you bought the one that I had my name on!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Waiting, waiting

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Sorry Grumpy, I didn’t get the pictures until late last night.
Here you go:

I think it’ll be a great help. I ran that piece of sycamore through it and everything seems to be working fine. I’ll give a proper review after I get everything adjusted and can really run some lumber through it. First thing I noticed is that it is quieter than my 12” Dewalt.

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

bhack,

The tent sale was fun. My dad and I went and took my uncle and two little boys with us, 4 & 5 years old. That was interesting to say the least. I think they had a blast though, especially when we went to Bass Pro afterwards.

With the boys, we were unable to get gone early. We got there about 9:30 (opens at 8:00) and almost all of the machinery was already sold. If you want to get a really good deal on a piece of machinery, get down there really early and wait in line. The rest of the tent sale is smaller tools. The smaller tools are all returns, factory miscues, ... I picked up a couple things, but most of it I was not interested in.

I was very disappointed in the fact that the new tools in the showroom were not on sale. I was under the impression that they would be. Well, I guess a few tools were on sale, but not very many.

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

Kevin,
Your lucky there were any power to left getting there a hour after they opened. I did that the first time I went to one of their tent sales and the machines had all been sold. But it looks like you got what you went for. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed, Grizzly make a good solid planer, At 20”s you have a large enough one that you shouldn’t out grow it. Enjoy making wood chips!!

-- Ed - Milan, IN

The stuff I was looking for was new, so they had a whole warehouse full of that stuff.

Next time I’ll try to go early and see if I can find any used tool deals.

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas