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Interesting to see Grizzly not under an umbrella. I order tools from them and they are awesome. I wonder what other companies are still independent.

luma 6y ago
That might be because Grizzly doesn't actually make anything, they buy from Asian tool manufacturers and rebadge for western distribution.
- Loughla 6y ago
  This is the correct answer. They are a distributor that sells medium-end tools. More expensive than entry level, but less expensive than professional. They are decent tools, but most people don't understand they are not a manufacturer, just a distributor.
mauvehaus 6y ago
Maybe so, but a lot of their stuff is the same castings as everything else made in that part of the planet. Compare: http://www.powermatic.com/us/en/c/planers/P260/?reset=true http://www.powermatic.com/us/en/c/planers/P260/?reset=true https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=((category:"Planers"))+AND+(brand:Grizzly)+AND+(planer_size:"20+in.") https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=((category:"Planers"))+AND+... As near as I can tell, the 20" planers differ primarily in what color they're painted. I say that having used and wrenched on both in various shops I've worked in. I also have firsthand experience with HolyTek's 24" thicknessing planer (no direct link, because god forbid the web actually worked the way it did in 1998), and it sure looks to be the same machine as Grizzly's offering in that size and horsepower rating: http://www.holytek.com.tw/product.html?cid=2 http://www.holytek.com.tw/product.html?cid=2 click single and double sided planer https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=((category:"Planers"))+AND+(brand:Grizzly)+AND+(planer_size:"24+in.")+AND+(horsepower:"10+HP") https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=((category:"Planers"))+AND+... Grizzly may be organizationally and financially independent of the other vendors, but they sure seem to share manufacturing or sub it out to the same foundries and machining outfits.

luma 6y ago

That might be because Grizzly doesn't actually make anything, they buy from Asian tool manufacturers and rebadge for western distribution.

Loughla 6y ago
This is the correct answer. They are a distributor that sells medium-end tools. More expensive than entry level, but less expensive than professional. They are decent tools, but most people don't understand they are not a manufacturer, just a distributor.

mauvehaus 6y ago

Maybe so, but a lot of their stuff is the same castings as everything else made in that part of the planet. Compare: http://www.powermatic.com/us/en/c/planers/P260/?reset=true http://www.powermatic.com/us/en/c/planers/P260/?reset=true https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=((category:"Planers"))+AND+(brand:Grizzly)+AND+(planer_size:"20+in.") https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=((category:"Planers"))+AND+... As near as I can tell, the 20" planers differ primarily in what color they're painted. I say that having used and wrenched on both in various shops I've worked in. I also have firsthand experience with HolyTek's 24" thicknessing planer (no direct link, because god forbid the web actually worked the way it did in 1998), and it sure looks to be the same machine as Grizzly's offering in that size and horsepower rating: http://www.holytek.com.tw/product.html?cid=2 http://www.holytek.com.tw/product.html?cid=2 click single and double sided planer https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=((category:"Planers"))+AND+(brand:Grizzly)+AND+(planer_size:"24+in.")+AND+(horsepower:"10+HP") https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=((category:"Planers"))+AND+... Grizzly may be organizationally and financially independent of the other vendors, but they sure seem to share manufacturing or sub it out to the same foundries and machining outfits.