On 1/10/2019 4:32 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:
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

Shipping weight is _NOT_ machine weight...look at the comparison charts
-- I thought the previous link would reload the chart but I hadn't
checked and see it didn't...here's the data under "Product Dimensions"
tab for the two...

G0857 G0490
Weight (lbs.) 484 508

Overall Width (side-to-side) 76 76-3/8 in.

Overall Depth (front-to-back) 25 24
in.

Overall Height 41-1/2 45-1/2 in.

Footprint Width 16 16-1/2 in.

Footprint Length 40 44-1/2
in.


You can use
http://www.grizzly.com/compare?category=Jointers&preload=G0857|G0490
to preload the main comparison page for the two machines...

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