collinp2 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I bought this almost as a joke... it was $59 with prime shipping through Amazon Warehouse deals, as it had a banged up box and therefore labeled scratch and dent. I fully expected to send it back. I didn't even sharpen the blade or check anything before taking to to some white oak and was actually amazed at the cut quality. I was instantly getting full width shavings with zero tearout. Then I went to check it with my straight edges and squares... to my surprise everything is flat and dead square! The adjustments all work as they should and the plane feels good overall. Not near as pretty as my other planes overall, but they got it right where it counts, at least on this one! The factory honing on the blade has actually held up through multiple traversing passes while flattening my white oak benchtop, even though all the reviews say the blade is junk. Sometimes you just never know! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Cool, thanks for the review. I actually didn't even know they made hand tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinp2 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, Mike. said: maybe it was a return and the original buyer honed the iron before deciding he did not want it. It's possible... though it was extremely heavily packed with all of that grease they use, so I thought that was unlikely. I suppose it's also possible someone had it and did a full tune-up on it, but I don't really think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 If all it did was get you through the flattening process on your new bench then it is money well spent, If it gets you through much more, then Woot, Woot! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Link? I'd buy one. Is it the H7568? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinp2 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 19 minutes ago, Chestnut said: Link? I'd buy one. Is it the H7568? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E30594?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00 Full price is now $90, still pretty outrageous. They call it 22" smoothing plane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob493 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I bought one of these a couple months ago as well. I am 90% satisfied with it. I care more about dimensions and flatness more than aesthetics and things i can fix. I use starrett squares and dial indicators for my stuff. This thing is dimensionally near perfect. Good enough. Some low spots in the middle of the plane (probably something to do with the slot machining), but nothing that affects operation. Frog is very solid and easy to adjust. The lever cap and blade iron are "meh", but functional My biggest complaint... the blade is crap. Its fairly soft. Maybe it was just mine, but it doesn't hold an edge for too long. I wound up replacing the blade with a hock O1 blade for 38$. Combined with the oh, 75$ I payed for it, with the 38$ hock blade, its a wonderful machine. I use it all the time, and Im just astounded with the quality of joints I get with this thing. Until I get a spherical head jointer, this will be my method for the forseeable future. For those that want a number 7, but dont wanna spend a fortune, I cant recommend this thing enough. edit: FWIW, I initially bought a stanley number 7 plane for like 150 or so. It was complete rubbish. The sides werent square, the sole was wavy, and the blade would shift no matter what I did (assuming the frog didn't hold down tight enough). 100% junk. This grizzly was leaps and bounds better. btw did you have as much fun cleaning off that crap as I did? haha. Stuff reminded me of cosmoline we used in the navy... took me FOREVER to get it clean lol edit: this was the blade after full sharpening.. .and used on PINE!!! the edge literally bent down lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G S Haydon Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 No reason why it wouldn't work. The big ones can be a swine to tune if the sole is out of true but it could be returned just the same as any other plane if it was. Glad it worked out and you got good results. I can also identify with how poor the current line of Stanley Bailey planes are, very poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob493 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 9 hours ago, G S Haydon said: No reason why it wouldn't work. The big ones can be a swine to tune if the sole is out of true but it could be returned just the same as any other plane if it was. Glad it worked out and your got good results. I can also identify with how poor the current line of Stanley Bailey planes are, very poor. ah my favorite youtuber! Do you think I was just unlucky with the stanley plane or really lucky with the grizzly? Seems to be an unsung hero by my accounts, but i'd hate for someone to buy it and be like " what the hell man" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 There are relatively few things that can go wrong with a plane. The thing is that when they go wrong it's no fun at all. I'd bet that there are many good users among sketchy brands and a few lemons among the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedinblue Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 $49.99 through Grizzly.com but out of stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G S Haydon Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Lol! Thanks Bob. I think the current Bailey range from Stanley is dreadful value for money. Hollow plastic handles (I don't mind plastic but the thin hollow stuff is bad) and very poor finish for the money. I think the Grizzly looks much better but clearly wont have the quality control of our friends at LN etc and is a bit of a gamble. In an ideal world I'd like to pick up cheaper ones in a store and check it over as although it can be sent back it's a bit of a pain to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 22 hours ago, bob493 said: ah my favorite youtuber! I believe the preferred term is "content creator". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob493 Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 1 hour ago, G S Haydon said: Lol! Thanks Bob. I think the current Bailey range from Stanley is dreadful value for money. Hollow plastic handles (I don't mind plastic but the thin hollow stuff is bad) and very poor finish for the money. I think the Grizzly looks much better but clearly wont have the quality control of our friends at LN etc and is a bit of a gamble. In an ideal world I'd like to pick up cheaper ones in a store and check it over as although it can be sent back it's a bit of a pain to do so. My pleasure Fair enough, the stanley was just a bad taste in my mouth. Im not entirely sure why they would let a non square plane out of QC tbh. More or less implies they don't do any QC at all :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 ah my favorite youtuber! I believe the preferred term is "content creator". He's not a toobah! - mangled movie reverence, anyone? ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Now Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 great deal. Are these made in India? I have heard that for the price these are very good tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G S Haydon Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 16 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: He's not a toobah! - mangled movie reverence, anyone? ? Ahh, Mr Kimble :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob493 Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 More "proof" of its cost effectiveness here... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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