Need Advice for a new jointer

I have a 6” Grizzly jointer – works fine. Also have several other Grizzly machines in my shop. They all work well.

-- Bruce from Central New York

I have an 8” Grizzly. The tables were parallel right out of the box, and I haven’t had to adjust them. I had the same model jointer previously and it took some adjustment to get the tables parallel, but I never had to adjust them again.

I’ve heard great things about Steel City, but no first-hand experience.

-- Coffee is best with a fine layer of sawdust on top. -- http://www.north40custom.com

Does anyone out there have experience with the Steel City 8” jointer?

I have an 8” Grizzly jointer with a spiral head cutter, and it cuts curly maple like butter. It is a great machine and very accurate.

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

I want one, Todd!!

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Mike,

Any machine needs periodic adjustments not only Grizzly. I have machines made by all kinds of manufacturers and I do not see any difference in quality between Grizzly and others. I can highly recommend the G0490 jointer. I have mine for almost a year and I couldn’t be happier. It came well adjusted out of the box and it is easy to adjust. I have no experience with the Still City jointer so I cannot compare but G0490 seems to do well everything I want it to do.

Alin

-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida

Like Todd I also have an 8” Grizzly (G0543) with the spiral head cutter. It is fabulous on figured woods, I could not recommend anything else. It was perfectly adjusted right out of the box and the only adjustment I ever need to do it to is to occasionally adjust the fence if I have knocked it out of square. I would say that you can order from Grizzly with as much confidence as any other brand.

-- - Scott "handplane"

I have an 8” Grizzly 586 with standard cutter head (sniff). It has been a champ after some small adjustments. It does help if you have used a jointer before and know how they should run and work. If you have not used one, then I am not sure how you would know to adjust them.

You can’t beat the grizzly for value.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne