Toller wrote:
Grizzly has up graded their 17 and 19" extreme band saws by changing the
trunnions to cast iron, and raising the price $200. Are cast iron trunnions
really worth $200 (or 25%) more? The old saws actually weight a couple
pounds more.

Depends...

If the previous designs have been found to be too light and flexible,
surely.

As Edwin points out, metal costs have increased dramatically over last
several years as well as transportation costs (it costs Griz to get
stuff here before the transportation to you) and so on.

It is also true there's far more to "value" than simply material costs.

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