Heard of GRRR-ripper & Dubby?? JUNK!!!!! Read this..

I have the GRRRR-ripper and rely on it all the time. I keep it clean and it works…. don’t know about the other.

I have the grripper and I think it was one of the best purchases I ever made.

Interesting. I’ve read a lot on both these items and have read mixed reviews on both of them. Thanks for the mini-review.

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Todd, did you get a DVD when you bought the grripper?

I have the Dubby and it’s not Junk. I would suggest you talk to the maker of the dubby on monday!

-- Andrew, Ohio http://andrewmbetschman.com/

dont know about the dubby, but i use the gripper all the time…i’d check the instructions, make sure you got all the parts and that you’re using it right.

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Give the GRRR-Ripper another chance , its a great shop aid . I use it with most of my machines . If you have more questions on how make better use of it search Youtube for videos of it in action .

I love my Grripper. It even saved my hand once. Tore a piece of it apart, but I only needed to repurchase that one part. Actually, two parts. Anyway, my only complaint: there’s a clear plastic part that screws onto it and kind of acts like a blade guard. It’s optional; you don’t really need it. The problem is that it screws onto a couple of embedded nuts in little nubs of plastic that stick out. Eventually, they just snap off and then that part is useless. I wish they could have made that a bit more robust.

I made a couple of wooden copies of the push stick backer thingy, as they suggest (because it’s sacrificial). I hardly ever use them, though. I find the rubber surface grips well enough.

Another note. There’s a deluxe kit that includes some extra parts. It was a long time ago, so I forget which parts are extra, but I remember they were important. There’s a plastic part that goes on the side and runs on the table top when your workpiece is too narrow for both sides of the Grripper. That might not come with the basic model, but it is important in certain circumstances.

-- Disappointment is an empty box full of expectation.

Wax on Wax off. You have much to learn Grasshopper.

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I have had a Dubby for about 8 years. Since I bought the Dubby, I don’t think I have built anything that I didn’t use my Dubby. It something happened to my Dubby, I would not hesitate to buy another one. I suspect you could list the Dubby and the gripper in the Woodworking Trade and Swap on this forum and have no problem selling your junk. pkennedy

-- P Kennedy Crossville, TN

I havent bought either, but often thought about getting the Grrr-Ripper. I have read a lot of great reviews on it.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

A link to these products, or mfr’s websites would be helpful. Been doing wood stuff for 40+ years, never heard of either product. Edit: Never Mind…I googled them. Aaack!
Just get a stock feeder, already!

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I bought 2 decked-out Grrippers at the woodworking show last year. A friend had a pair for a year or two and liked them a lot but it didn’t make sense to me that they were any different than expensive push blocks. But the guy demonstrating them at the show did a couple of things that got my attention, and my friend was saying, “see, see”. It took a bit of time to get used to using them, but now I use them a lot. They are great (albeit rather expensive) pushblocks when that is all you need, but the accessories make it easy to configure them for cuts that I would not ever do without them.

-- Greg D. -- the price of freedom is tolerance

http://www.google.ca/search?q=GRRR+gripper&rlz=1I7ADSA_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&redir_esc=&ei=ShzDS5awGY_Dnges2aWfCg

http://www.in-lineindustries.com/single_dubby.html

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Thanks, Bob#2, I just went there. I’ll put them on my Christmas wish list… right under the Slap-Chop and Graty which I also must have, if I’m going to do anything in the kitchen!

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!