Your thoughts and opinions please.

Jerry,

Never used the one you are looking at, but did find some reviews here

I have a Bridgewood 6”. Very similar to the Grizzly. Works well for me.

Lew

I have one, and if you’re looking for precision, then you’d be better off looking elsewhere. If you’re looking to get in the neighborhood, this will do as well as any.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Thanks guys. I’ll keep looking a bit more at the Grizzly and then compare some. This tool may complete my shop for sometime until I become more skilled.

-- Jerry, Measure 10 times cut once. Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

Our shops are never complete! ;>)

Lew

Heh, I hear ya Lew

-- Jerry, Measure 10 times cut once. Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

Hello Jerry

You might take a look at craigslist.org. I bought a 20 dollar craftsman several years ago and it has serve me well.

Regards

DAN

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Jerry check this out.
It’s from Amazon.com, mostly negative comments about this tool. Joe

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B00006K00R/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

-- Makers of fine butcher shop saw dust.

Sorry Jerry, not familiar with that one.

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

Thanks Joero and others. I have narrowed my search for a jinter to the following.
Laguna A175009
SM-150 6” x 56” Super Long Bed Jointer with Spiral Knife Cutterhead
“G1182ZHW 6” x 47 Super Jointer w/ Handwheels - Z Series
“G0452 6 Jointer
“G0604X 6 Parallelogram Jointer and “G0452Z 6” X 46 Jointer w/ Spiral Cutterhead .

The last two are a little more than I can afford unless I saw for a couple of months. I like the Laguna from what I have read and I also like these 1.5 hp Grizzly’s. I have some time before I have to decide. If this guy buys the TV’s and hine theater system I’ll go with the latter of the two Grizzly’s and make a choice.

-- Jerry, Measure 10 times cut once. Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

I have the Grizzly G0452 6” Jointer and it does everything I’ve asked of it. The mobile base is wonderful if you have a small shop. I’m happy with the joiner BUT a word to the wise get the widest you can afford, I wish I had gotten a wider one.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Cool. Thanks John for the width thought.

-- Jerry, Measure 10 times cut once. Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

those smaller ones aren’t as accurate. if you think of it like a hand plane it makes a lot of sense. you would think of this as a smoothing plane. it has a smaller bed so in a way it rides over the curves in the wood. a larger one is more like a jointer plane and since it has a larger bed it doesn’t follow those curves and produces a flat surface. it is alright for smaller stock but in the bigger stock it wouldn’t work very well. hope this helps.