On 1/12/2019 12:20 PM, Jack wrote:
On 1/12/2019 11:33 AM, dpb wrote:
On 1/12/2019 7:24 AM, Jack wrote:
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?Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* Surprised me as well, but I got the numbers directly
from the page you listed above, just scroll down a little:

Model: G0857Â* $1,295.00
Item# G0656XÂ* $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.Â* Mine is about 65 years old and a 6"
but also has remained perfectly coplanar, so that seems to be not an
issue.Â*Â* 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.Â*Â* My self, I rarely toÂ* never adjust the tables other than
after knife sharpening.Â* Even if the price was $300 more, I would not
hesitate to buy the spiral head.Â* Worth much much more than that in
performance.

A)Â* I wasn't arguing that, only that the comparison Bill made was valid,
too.

B)Â* Just the bigger brother, yes...

I raise/lower infeed table all the time...I'm one who's still old-school
enough to actually use the rabbet table extension, taper legs, etc.,
etc, etc., ... besides just joint an edge.

I experimented with that stuff once or twice when I first gotÂ* my
jointer. Decided jointer not right tool for that stuff (for me).Â* Tapers
and rabbets I always cut on table saw.Â* Further more, I set my out feed
table for a 1/32" cut and never change it. I know 1 pass is 1/32, two is
1/16th.

You set your "out feed" table for 1/32" cut?