I just got my Grizzly Go444Z Table Saw, G5979 Wood Lathe, and G1029Z Dust
Collector yesterday. I picked it up at Grizzly in Springfield, Missouri.
If you get a chance to visit to any of the 3 Grizzly show rooms it would be
worth your while. Most of their stuff comes from Taiwan. I see where more
and more of the woodworking stuff that Delta and the others have comes from
China. I was impressed with the quality of the Griz products.


"Charlie Self" wrote in message
...
Larry asks:

What I want to know is whether its OK to deviate from the Jet and Delta
name
on this one? Is Shop Fox established enough yet? I ususally prefer to go
with the top seller for reasons of part availability, repair help etc..
And
secondly, is it worthwhile to pay the extra $100 to get cast iron wings
instead of stamped steel? Thirdly, are there any good online places to
get
such equipment? I found a few on my own, but wondering if you pros out
there
have better source

Shop Fox is usually a step or so up from Grizzly. I think Grizzly sells
some of
the Shop Fox machines, which makes sense, because Woodstock International,
the
Shop Fox distributor, is part of Grizzly. Grizzly has been around since
'83,
improving each year.

Spend the extra bucks to get the cast iron wings. The extra mass is well
worth
it.

Your mail order question is answered above.

Charlie Self
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