On 1/11/2019 10:50 AM, dpb wrote:
On 1/11/2019 9:33 AM, Jack wrote:
On 1/10/2019 2:16 PM, Bill wrote:
Jack wrote:
On 1/9/2019 11:18 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? Makes me wonder whether the days of the G0490 are
numbered..
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Griz...ile-Base/G0857
You'd need to be a moron to buy either when you can get one with a
spiral cutter head for a few dollars more. After owning both types, I
would never buy, on purpose, a planer or jointer w/o a segmented
spiral cutter head. The difference is night and day, but the cost, in
this case, is just $30 more.
Point well-taken, but of course you meant to type "$300" more.
No, I meant $30. Surprised me as well, but I got the numbers directly
from the page you listed above, just scroll down a little:
Model: G0857 $1,295.00
Item# G0656X $1,325.00
"A" jointer, yes, but not the same jointer with the spiral head
option...the G0656X is dovetail ways, not parallelogram design.
If you also look more carefully, that's a special sale price
right now; the normal list is more like $1700.
Now, I personally don't care a whit about the two styles having had an
old 8" Delta dating from the Rockwell-Delta days and the tables are
still coplanar after some 60+ years so the scare tactics on how the
dovetails wear and drop the tables just doesn't live up to the hype for
me...
We must have the same jointer. Mine is about 65 years old and a 6" but
also has remained perfectly coplanar, so that seems to be not an issue.
Segmented spiral cutter however is a big issue.
But, "Yes, Virginia", you _could_ get one for essentially the same price
right now it appears.
Yes, $30 more, which is what I said. Can't imagine why anyone would buy
the other one, regardless of it's weight or fancy adjustment mechanism.
My self, I rarely to never adjust the tables other than after knife
sharpening. Even if the price was $300 more, I would not hesitate to
buy the spiral head. Worth much much more than that in performance.
--
Jack
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
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