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Spalted Walt Spalted Walt is offline
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dpb wrote:

On 1/9/2019 10:18 PM, Bill wrote:
Why would someone buy this *new* jointer at 365 pounds, when they could
have the G0490 for the same price, at 200 pounds more. Because they had
a weak back?Â* Makes me wonder whether the days of the G0490 are numbered..

http://www.grizzly.com/products/Griz...ile-Base/G0857


http://www.grizzly.com/products/Grizzly-8-x-76-Parallelogram-Jointer-with-Mobile-Base/G0857

only shows 24 lb difference and you don't know where that is...


Wot?
G0490: "Approximate shipping weight: 562 lbs."
G0857: "Approximate shipping weight: 365 lbs."
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= 197 lbs