I have owned a Grizzly 1023S for about four years and have had absolutely no
problems. When I started looking for my "retirement" cabinet saw five years
ago I was predispositioned to the Unisaw. I had used 20 to 30 year old
Unisaws and started looking for best price. On actually looking at a new
machine in the store I decided to broaden my scope. The new saws are not
what they were.

Final source came down to the Unisaw, the Jet cabinet saws and the 1023S.
We took a trip to the Grizzly, Springfield store and got a top-notch
demonstration -- on a two year old back-shop machine! Then the salesman
showed us the new equipment. Grizzly customer services provided the names
and phone numbers of two owners of similar equipment in my area. After
talking to customers, I bought one. No need for product support so far.

My son in law owns one of the G-0500 Jointers, one of the big radial drill
pressess and a big, floor-type surface planer. Other than sharpening, he
has very little upkeep on the equipment. They are fine looking machines.

The main reason Griz is cheap is they sell direct to the customer. In
effect, if you buy one of their products you are buying from the wholesaler
(well, kinda). If you hang around here long enough you will find a lot of
Grizzly users and a few detractors (True of any tool). Griz, like all also
have some dogs. If you cannot get to a showroom use their customer referral
service to get a good look at a tool.

RonB