Grizzly equipment

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I have heard nothing but good about them.

You can buy them direct. http://www.grizzly.com

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

I own all grizzly tools but two, they are delta ,I wish I never saw one of them , It is in love with the UPS truck, It spends more time in the back of it than in my shop. Going back and forth to the repair shop that is 200 miles from my shop . The next time it will be the garbage truck in stead of UPS. I have nothing but good to say about grizzly, but some of their low line ,are not the best, you get what you pay for.
Chuck

-- Chuck, wiswood2 www.wisconsinwoodchuck.com

I will endorse Grizzly, too. My luck with them has been excellent. It is factory direct, but they ship right away.

-- Maplewood, MN

had to settle for a grizzly bandsaw after a salesman at laguna jacked the price he quoted me up about $600 dollars, have used mine for a couple of years now, had opportunity to see a laugna bandsaw in action the other day i would not trade them even.

grizzly makes good products, i have since purchaced a 6 inch jointer and a table saw from them they work great, and are built to last in my opinion.

if you need a tool go to grizzly they are excellent.

jay angel

-- "not all those who wander are lost" JRR tolken

I own a Grizzly bandsaw, 8” jointer, and several other smaller Grizzly tools. Nice tools for the money. If you get a chance, visit one of thier showrooms. Ask for a cataloge, but be warned, you’ll want alot of what they got.
KHOP

-- How am I doing? Better than I deserve.

I think the trick to buying any tools is to find a magazine review on the type tool you’re looking for and see how it stacks up. I have a 15” Grizzly planer and couldn’t be happier. I also have their floor model radial drill press which works fairly well, unless I start using the larger Forsner bits, ie >1 3/4”. I plan to upgrade it to a 1 hp motor, which will solve the problem. I have one of their blade sharpeners, which I’m also happy with. Most of the look alike tools are made in eastern Asia anyway, so I don’t pay for a name. One of the problems I’ve heard people complain about is the extra charge for lift gate service. The trucking company that delivers my truck orders always sends a lift gate truck to my area on Mondays. So you might want to find out who delivers for Grizzly in your area, then call the truck company, or better, talk to one of their drivers, and find out if they have a special day that they send out a lift gate truck. It will save you the charge.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

I own several Grizzly tools and they do what I ask them to. Their customer service is excellent. I don’t think you can go wrong choosing Grizzly.

-- Make things with wood.

One more point, they’ll ask you if you want to pay extra for the lift gate delivery. I said no. I was lucky enough to know an appliance store owner in town and asked that they deliver a table saw to their location. I live less than a mile away from the business so I asked them to call as soon as the truck pulled in. By the time I got there, the saw was on the pavement and the driver just asked for me to sign the bill of sales. Most of these drivers don’t mind helping you out, even if you haven’t paid extra for it.

-- Make things with wood.

Grizzly is a great product…order directly from them for a great price on shipping.
Also, the wood working shows have all the manufacturers right there to check out, and possibly at discount prices…Heck, I even got the Grizzly salesman to dance on top of the downdraft table for me to make the sale….What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?!

-- Joni Hamari, Cave Creek, Az www.CustomSculpture.com

That was a good one Joni!

-- Make things with wood.

I bought ONE thing from Grizzly … and will remain “one only thing” NEVER AGAIN !!!

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

Actually, I should have said Grizzly is a great product for the money…The prices are tough to beat… Shop Fox is virtually the same product as Grizzly.

-- Joni Hamari, Cave Creek, Az www.CustomSculpture.com

I have a 25 year old Griz contractors saw that has been in p[arts on the shop flopor shimming up the trunions to get it to saw straight. It now works fine AND HOPE TO HAVE IT FOR 20 MORE YEARS.

-- WOOD/DON (...one has the right to ones opinion but not the right to ones own facts...)

I have two Grizzly tools. Grizzly 14” Band Saw G0555X with 6”riser & Grizzly 6” Jointer G0604. So far I have nothing but good things to say about the tools and the customer service. I personally think that they are an excellent value.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA

I’m one of the few grizzly nay-sayers. I’ve owed a small handful of grizzly hand tools and accessories and one of their 10 inch cabinet saws. I’ve pretty much been uniformly disappointed by the low quality and poor reliability of their tools. I do have to say their customer service is helpful and quick to respond but in a more ideal world I wouldn’t have so much experience calling on their customer service. The price tag of grizzly tools is low but the actual cost is much higher. I have not purchased a large piece of stationary equipment from grizzly in years. Maybe the quality has improved. Personally I doubt it but a LOT of lumberjocks seems very happy with their grizzly purchases.

Here are a couple links asking pretty much the same question around a year ago.

Are grizzly tools good quality?

Another mixed bag from Grizzly

I love my grizzly table saw and jointer. You can buy direct from their site. Some of hteir cheap stuff is not worth owning, but the major equipment is a great value.

-- making sawdust....

Thanks for the info, y’alls. Getting the salesman dance on the equipment was a great trick… I wonder if there are any shows in the Orlando area. Maybe I can pull the same trick.

-- There are three kinds of people... those who can count, and those who can't

I have a grizzly bandsaw, and love it. The company also has the best customer service of any tool company I’ve ever delt with. Which to me means alot. Their customer service is based in the U.S. and when you talk to someone they speak very good english and have no trouble answering your questions. When you email them they usually get back to you within 2 hours. The fastest they have gotten back to me on a question is about 20 minutes. If you don’t mind paying the shipping costs or close to one of their wharehouses, I would suggest buying from them.

-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com

I have a Grizzly spiral cutterhead 8” jointer and couldn’t be happier. I taught at Red Rocks School of Fine Woodworking in Colorado as a TA…we had a few of these pieces in the shop among others and they all held up very well. Throw 400 students on these tools over the course of a semester and if it’s still standing and cutting true that’s a good test. After a year of watching these tools take a beating in a commercial shop and with stand while still producing a fine result I bought mine. Wouldn’t trade it for another jointer.

I have some Grizzly equipment and I love it.

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

I purchased a left tilt cabinet saw about 5 years ago when I started woodworking again after a long hiatus, and I love it (the table saw…not the hiatus). Very happy with the quality and the value and wouldn’t hesitate to buy another Grizzly product.

-- Martin, Kansas

I have heard they have very nice products but I don’t own anything of theres. I was going to get there dust collector but decided aginst it because it didn’t have a 1 micron bag, and it was 18 amps, to much for my outlet.

-- Tyler, Illinois

I’m looking at the Grizzly 12 1/2” planer G0505 but have a chance at a craftsman 13” 21743 , slightly used, for the same price. I’ve done a lot of reading but still need help deciding. Any suggestions?

If that “same price” includes shipping, I’d go with the Grizzly.

-- Make things with wood.

Slacker,

The woodworking shows do occasionally come to Orlando or Tampa. But never up here to Jacksonville.

-- Chris