Some of the castings come from the same factories that the tools from Harbor
Freight come from. Beyond that there is a big difference because Grizzly
puts in much better bearings and finishes, additionally they have had a good
quality control for many years, something HF still doesn't have. I am lucky
in that I can go to Bellingham, WA to the showroom where customer service is
excellent.

Brian
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 May 2009 22:23:41 -0700 (PDT), robo hippy

wrote:

While I have never owned any Grizzly tools, and probably never will,
their industrial grade tools seem to be of a higher quality than the
hobby grade tools, which can vary from okay to crap. Sometimes it
seems like one production run will be bad, or a number of tools from
one run will be bad. They don't have a stable enough reputation for me
to want any of them.
robo hippy

I did one internet order from Griz years ago, which they screwed up and
later
canceled.. Not happy with their customer service but that doesn't (I hope)
effect their tools..
I have noticed that a lot of their lower end stuff looks identical to
Harbor
Freight stuff, sometimes painted green and marked up quite a bit..


mac

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