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Grizzly G0453 15" Planer | 
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| Brand: Grizzly
Category: Home Improvement
Buy New: $795.00
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 16728
Media: Misc.
MPN: G0453
UPC: 690550004537
EAN: 0690550004537
ASIN: B000E3067K
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Enjoy the stability and power of a heavy-duty stationary planer with the versatility of shop mobility in one precision 15" Planer. Simply press down on the foot pedal to raise the planer on its wheels for positioning just about anywhere, or push the lever up to lower the planer down for rock solid stability. A 42 1/8" long bed with cast iron wings and bed rollers provide all the support needed for perfectly planed lumber. Heavy-duty construction and materials will have you planing all day long. Check out all the other specifications and design features and roll one of these planers into your shop! Features: * Built-in mobile base * Cast iron extension wings * Board return rollers * Adjustable bed rollers * Magnetic safety switch * Four column support with table locks * Two speed automatic board feed * Includes 4" dust port * Precision ground table and wings * Heavy-duty cast iron construction * Heavy cabinet stand * Heavy-duty cast iron handwheels * Two speed gearbox * Column locks * Double v-belt drive Specifications: * Motor: 3 HP, 220V, single-phase * Maximum cutting width: 15" * Maximum cutting height: 8" * Minimum stock thickness: 3/16" * Minimum stock length: 6" * Maximum cutting depth: 1/8" * Feed rate: 16 FPM & 30 FPM * Cutterhead diameter: 3" * Number of knives: 3 * Cutterhead speed: 5000 RPM * Power feed rollers: solid serrated steel * Table size: 15" x 20"
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 Very happy with Grizzly Planer October 15, 2008
D. B. Sabo
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have owned the G0453 since July '07, along with the Griz G 0490 Jointer, purchased at the same time. They helped me to build 15 kitchen base and wall cabinets for the home.
In one sentence, I absolutely LOVE this machine! It was worth every penny, and I have been satisfied with it from day one. It was a bit scary to purchase a piece of machinery this huge sight unseen, however I am glad I did. Shipping was no problem; the unit arrived completely un damaged.
It does take a few hours to install the cast iron in feed and out feed wings to make them true to the base, but it is easily do able by one person. Someday I will be adding the Index Spiral Cutterhead to the unit.
The only drawback (and this to me is a minor one because I always clean up the surface by light sanding), is that if you crank the blades down too tight, sometimes the out feed roller leaves slight ridges in the wood. I have been running only hard maple for building face frames for our kitchen cabinets, so if it leaves ridges in hard maple, it will leave them in all woods. These are easily cleaned up by hand held orbital sanding though, which you are probably going to do anyway..
However, other than that, when using a caliper to measure thickness accuracy, the thickness is dead and I mean dead on. I have been able to get variations in thickness of no greater than 1/128th of an inch (about .008) which for woodworking is excellent. And if I really tweak it, I can even get the thickness variations less than that.
As far as getting stiles and rails square is concerned, when I use this in conjunction with the jointer, when measuring edge square-ness with my Starrett precision to .000015" combination square, I can insert feeler stock of no greater than .002" and it drags under the straight edge, so corners are near perfect when this and the jointer are set up and used correctly.
Using this in conjunction with the G0490 one can get just about any bows or warps out of stock as long as you have enough meat on the stock to work with, and you won't even need a table saw for final squaring unless you are milling wide stock. A good chop saw combined with a Festool or EZ rail saw will do the trick for rough cutting rails. I also use this planer to make end surfaces for rails and stiles parallel, negating the use of a table saw for such, provided the stock is not wider than three or four inches. Any wider than that you may need to take a few trips back to the jointer or invest in a good table saw.
By the way, I have so far run several hundred board feet through this planer and the knives don't even seem to be dull yet; I don't think you will get that kind of performance from a table top planer.
I originally was going to buy the Home Depot or Lowes versions of the 12 or 13 inch table top planers, which all run on 120 volts, because I did not have the 240 volt service. Their beds are not machined iron, they are stamped steel or aluminum, and I did not feel I could get the kind of precision I hoped for with stamped steel that a machined cast iron surface will provide - I worked in a machine shop when I was in high school and know a little bit about machine tools. Yet I hesitated to wire because of the extra cost.
In the end, I decided to wire. And I recommend it to anyone considering setting up a home shop, if you plan on doing woodworking long term either as a hobby or for money - you should only buy your stationary tools once, I did not want to regret 120 volt equipment later and sell stuff on eBay. So wiring 240 is worth doing. I got a quote from an electrician to run 240v service, he wanted about $1,500.00 bucks. After a few days of research with my local electric supplier and city, I was able to dig a trench, sink an underground 6 gauge cable for 50 amp service, for about $320.00 total, including a service panel and two 240v outlets, all to code, all components purchased from my local electrical supplier whom was very helpful with info. Whole process both research to meet code and grunt work took about a week total, and saved me over a grand. I'm glad I did, because I'm all ready for my new Grizzly table saw I'm ordering!
Great value October 15, 2007
E. Haycraft (MN, USA)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
Positives
- Easily the best value in a planer.
- The mobile base works great - very stable when stationary and moves easily when the third wheel is down.
- The table on mine is very flat and it along with the lower rollers were well adjusted out of the crate. I had to adjust everything else and that took a few hours, but not a big deal since that shouldn't occur often.
- This planer devours wood and seems to have the right amount of power to handle most anything.
- Dust collection worked well even with a smallish dust collector (500cfm).
Negatives
- You have to unassemble quite a bit to change the knives. Getting planer buddies in there to set the blades is a tight fit, but it does work. They are thicker knives, so this shouldn't be an exercise that I have to do often.
- The outfeed roller is metal with ridges for feeding that can leave a print in softer woods. I loosened the tension springs on it all the way and still had marks in pine from the gearbox end. A rubber/plastic outfeed roller would probably work much better.
I would recommend this machine to others. It is a great value and built like a tank. If you pick it up, get a robocator and planer buddy magnets. Both will save hours of setup time.
 Grizzly G0453 15" Planer January 23, 2007
William C. Ward (South Burlington, Vermont, USA)
13 out of 21 found this review helpful
Best value for the money. Takes a little setup -- actually, quite a bit to minimize snipe.
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