I started this thread. My intension was not to start a brand war but to
highlight some of the assembly steps to inform others on how to get great
performance out of Grizzly 1182Z. I am very satisfied with the jointer both
from price and performance perspectives and look forward to buy other
equipment from Grizzly in the future. I appreciated Grizzly's prompt
responses to my enquiries compared to usual long waits I experienced with
customer services of other so called "better" brands.
"Mutt" wrote in message
om...
I bought a used griz 6" jointer 10 years ago, and it gave me fine
service; yes, it took some tweaking, and yes, adjustments were needed
from time to time, and yes, some of the fit and finish left a bit to
be desired, but I had no complaints. I saved my pennies and did
upgrade to an 8" DJ-20 recently (having sold the griz for precisely
what I paid for it 10 years ago) and I must say that I'm glad I made
the investment over the 8" griz, as the extra $400 or so I paid gave
me a much better machine in every respect, and it was right on the
money right out of the box. I take a long view of things and over the
next 20 years of use I will certainly get out of it, its worth the
money to me.


On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:01:10 GMT, "martin"
wrote:

It is common knowledge that you have to tinker with a Grizzly piece
of
machinery but once thats done you have a great machine at a great
price.


FWIW, $380 for a jointer isn't exactly a GREAT price. G



My feelings too. I considered a Griz when I peeled some moldy money from
my
wallet and bought my Jet closed stand jointer. Sure I paid $500 for it,
but
the differance form $380 to $500 seems trivial when you spread the $120
over
several years!
Greg