Pulled the trigger on a Griz jointer

That looks like a very nice Jointer!

I've been drooling over them for a long time...

I think Grizzly makes pretty good stuff... I have the G0555 band saw and love it!

I'm looking fwd to coming over to meet you, see it, and cut some wood on it.

I want to make a Jointer fence for my router table... piece of oak, 3/4 x 5 x 24...
straighten one edge then, @ 1/32 cut, start the cut and stop half way to leave on half wider by 1/32" than the other half. Cut out spot in middle for the router bit... Now I have a Input edge and an Output edge... with the bit flush with Output edge. Like magic, I have a Jointer fence! ;D

Would be better if I had a longer piece though... will see if I can find something.

What I have been doing is buying wood that S2S with one straight edge.
I rip pieces using the straight edge against the fence... then, put them together on edge, straight edge down, into the planer, to Joint the other side! One way to skin the cat!

I just got back from visiting Dale in Anaheim.

I saw his brand new Grizz Jointer... COOL machine!
I took some wood with me and I made 2 Jointer Boards for me Router table!
... Cleaned both sides.
... Side One: Cut 1/2 of it by 1/32" (turned it around and...)
... Side two: Cut 1/2 of it by 1/16"
Now I have 2 router jointer in one piece of wood!

Saw that beautiful Mission Desk in person! COOL COOL COOL!!
It's prettier in person!

Looked at other tools, shot the gab, & had a great time!

Dale had mentioned that after changing the blades in his DW735, the roller would NOT work.
We (Dale) cranked it up to a full 6" ht. so we could see the rollers... powered it up... sure enough... rollers were not rolling!
I asked Dale if he had ever changed the Speed Selection lever... he said "Oh this one?" ... as he flipped a little)... I said "Yes, you never want to flip that lever while it's turned off."
He moved a little more & POP it moved (made contact with the drive chain).
Turned it back on... Voila! Was working just fine!! I told him I would send him the Bill someday! ;D
Then he cleaned up a piece of White Oak... without a hitch!
I could tell he felt REALLY GOOD having his planer working again without an expensive Service Call! I was happy too... Something so simple... to make such a huge difference!

Took a couple of pictures to prove the visit happened... will post them a little later.

Had a great time! Dale is really a very nice guy!
Thank you, Dale... it was great meeting you and shooting the bull!

Dang... sorry to hear that!

Any indication that it was in the Speed control chain/circuit?

Were you taking a pretty hefty cut?

Any ideas of what gave way & why?

It sounds like it just got jammed...

I've had ONE experience where the planer stopped & blew a breaker...
I made sure it was turned off, reset the breaker, raised the blade, took the board out, CLEANED IT ALL OUT (stuff all over the place), pushed the ON button to be sure it would work (then turned it OFF), lowered blade back to almost where it was (may have tried to take too big a bite), took some passes (very light at first), lowered by 1/16", another pass, etc. until it was right.

Why stuff got in there so much, I don't know... It seems like it shoves all the shavings out the hose into the drum OK... ()

Am getting into the habit of BLOWING on the bottom shelf before starting another pass... So far, so good...

How is it going, Dale?

Fixed yet?... How much?

Hope it wasn't $299!