Well, I (of late) have become a real Girzzly fan www.grizzly.com.
Their prices are incredible, very reasonable shipping prices also
listed on their website for each product and the few machines of
their's that I've worked over have been real sweet.

I'm looking forward to starting in a shop soon that has a Grizzly 20"
planer and 25" belt sander and I'll be bringing in my own 1 HP floor
model Grizzly spindle sander.

Unfortunately I haven't ever used their band saws so maybe others have
opinions on that. I did notice that with Grizzly you have to get to a
20" before you get up to a 3 HP unlike the MM which has 3 HP in the
16". However, the Grizzly 20" is cheaper than the MM 16 and that
includes shipping!


JP wrote in message . ..
I have started looking at band saws to replace my Jet 14". Here in
Canada the MM16 would have to be imported, and although the cnd $$ is
stronger it still will cost north of 3000$$ cnd. An alternative I
have looked at is the General Intl 18" 90-270 (3 hp). Does any one
have the General, or has any one compared it to the MM16. How would
you rate/compare each one versus the other. What are the major
differences. The General can be had for about 2000$$ cnd. Is the
difference 'in your opinion' worth the extra 1000$$ cnd for the MM16.

Thanks
Jim