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The Grizzly Industrial G0505 is ranked 5th of 26 in Portable Planers analysis and 19th of 130 in the Planers category. At $423.39, the Grizzly Industrial G0505 is 3rd in Portable Planers and ninth in Planers at $2191.87. It is ranked 21th of 160 for Grizzly Industrial.

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WHAT'S THIS?

Low Price, But Definite Snipe
Wood Magazine, Volume 173, 2006-11

The reviewer listed one positive and two negatives for this planer. The positive is that this model had the next-to-lowest price of the planers tested. The negatives are that deep snipe will have to be cut off (a result of this planer lacking a head lock), and the knives require lengthy changing since they are not self-indexing disposable knives as in all other planers tested. The dust hood is $16 extra.

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WHAT'S THIS?

Smooth Cut, But Bad Snipe
Wood Magazine, Volume 151, 2003-10

The reviewer said that this portable planer is the opposite of the DeWalt DW735 (rated Top Tool, but expensive) in price and number of features, but this G0505 cuts more smoothly than one would expect for this planer costing under $200. The main low points are that there is no cutterhead lock, so the snipe is bad, and there is no dust-collection hood available, even as an accessory. The cutterhead uses double-edged knives that are not disposable, and a gauge must be used for correct alignment.

12 1/2 planer I use this about every day and and its still on the same blade side and I used it on Brazilian cherry wood which is as hard as a rock, well almost and it does a great job. Have to... (More)

It was an absolute joy to use for the week or so that it worked. Quiet, powerful, smooth-cutting - in general did an excellent job, though I didn't ask too much of it at first. But then a week or so... (More)

Even though this was not an expensive planer it performs like one. After clearing a bunch of Cherry from my property I had it cut to 5/4 and it's been stickered and drying for four years. It was time... (More)