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Your cart is empty.Used for final finishing work, this Plane has a perfectly flat sole that will smooth any wood surface. Features include rosewood handles and knobs, full plane iron adjustments, cast iron bases, frog and lever caps, chip breakers and knurled brass adjusting nuts. Ground serrated sole improves sliding action by reducing resistance. Beautifully made with precision fit and finish.
Stoutman
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2021
I needed a jointer plane. I am not shy about spending a few extra bucks to get a good tool, but the COVID worked against me. I ordered two different planes only to have them back ordered until next year. So I bought the Grizzly plane because it was in stock and had OK reviews. What I got was pretty good , almost flat base that took 3 hours to flatten, only one square side, the other not exactly square, flat blade components that sharpened up ok, and adequate machine work. What I couldn’t tolerate was the size of the handles. The handle is too small and set way forward on the body of the plane. The tote knob is only about 1-1/2” in diameter. The pics show the size of the old handle and tote and the replacements I made.All this took a good 6 hours to fix. If I could have bought what I wanted I would never have bought this, so I can’t honestly say I would buy this again. I only hope it will get me through the project I need it for.One more note, tried a new v3 Woodrivier blade in the plane and the thicker blade makes the adjustments very sloppy with a lot of lash. Stick with the thinner blades.
E.G.
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2019
Caveat: I don't own any fancy bench planes for comparison. I have a #4 and #5 made by Calliastro, which I also purchased on amazon for about $45 and $55 each. This plane seems to be of higher quality than both of those. I have used this plane on hard maple, walnut, ash, and red oak.The only setup I needed to do was to polish the contact point of the chip breaker with diamond stones so that it would make more even contact with the iron. This took about 10 minutes... and of course sharpen the iron. I also use cheap regular white candle wax to rub a little on the sole when planing for lubrication which makes a surprising difference in the force needed to plane.The iron was easy to sharpen. In my opinion you should disregard any negative feedback regarding the iron not being sharp out of the box. Even if it were sharp enough to use immediately, you absolutely must learn how to sharpen plane irons (as well as all edge tools) if you're going to be using them for more than a short period of time. All tools will dull with use, and depending on how sharp you like them you will need to sharpen daily or even more. There are many youtube videos on sharpening and it's pretty easy to learn. Learning to sharpen is probably the single piece of knowledge that has helped me the most with woodworking. this plane iron is easy to sharpen and seems to hold an edge well.This thing was covered in oil as someone else described. I wiped it off using a cloth, without any solvents.The sole is flat. It is serrated, meaning there are grooves running the length of the sole except fom the area near the mouth. This is to decrease friction between the wood and the sole. I only mention this because I wasn't expecting it.It comes with one iron, whereas the other two planes I bought came with two. A #7 iron is significantly larger, so if you want to buy an extra, make sure you buy the correct size.I have a jointer fence for my router table that works well, but since I bought this plane I find myself jointing the edges of boards by hand because having a #7 makes it really easy, and I just don't feel like pulling out a machine and dealing with the noise and dust.Using this tool is fun and I wish I bought it a long time ago. I think it's a great value for the price.
cabra
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2018
very satisfied of this plane it did the job and then some
Alex
Reviewed in Canada on June 29, 2018
Most planes that aren't a veritas need a sole flattening so expect to have to do a bit of that.No. 7s are hard to find in Canada so this was a decent price for a jointer.The blade was bent on the end but that is more of a shipping issue as I'm guessing it got squished. I just bent it back in my vice.
Michael M.
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2018
I have been looking for a used #7 for a while. Not having luck, decided to see what was available in the economy lines. I read the reviews and decided to give this one a try. At the his price, figured it may take a couple tries to get a decent tool.When it arrived, the first thing was to break it down completely and clean the grease off all the surfaces. I set the blade and cap iron aside and inspected the rest of the plane. Fit and finish was as one would expect, a quick once over with a file to remove burrs and flatten rings on the frog took care of most. I checked for flatness and found that it needed no work. The sides are not square with the sole, but I have no need to use it with a shooting board. There was a very small void in the casting on one side.I set about flattening the blade, here is where the fun begins. After about 35 minutes, I am down to a flat surfac, save for a bad nick on one side at he cutting edge. I looked closer and decided to contact Grizzly, I was never getting this out. Took the photo below and sent to customer service. They got back to me the next day and offered to exchange the whole plane. I did not want to chance a unit that was worse, so I asked for a replacement. They had to backorder for me, but in the meantime we agreed that I could grind away until the nick was no longer a factor. I did and finished the flattening and sharpening process to 8000 grit. I had to work on the chip breaker and cap iron to improve their fit, but now it is working like a champ. I have surfaced hard maple, walnut and basswood over the past few days. The surface is excellent and the blade is holding its edge.Bottom line, if you can put in 60 to 90 minutes to tune it up, you will be happy with this plane.
Behrouz barati
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2016
I like it
Jeremiah
Reviewed in Canada on March 2, 2016
Perfect for smoothing table tops!
diggerB
Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2016
This does a decent job of flattening large wood surfaces.Sole was pretty flat. The cutting iron needed some attention but that is to be expected for just about any tool.Biggest problem for me was that the lateral adjuster doesn't work correctly. I was able to determine that this is because there should be a little washer attached to the bottom end of the lateral adjuster arm, to push the blade back and forth. The lateral adjuster is also very soft, weak metal. I'm afraid it will bend and slowly split right off eventually.
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