I just received my G0526 jointer last night. Spent a couple of hours setting
it up and I'm really impressed with it. This is the 6" jointer with their
spiral head cutter on it.
I wasn't too impressed with the setup manual - took a little guess work on a
few things that weren't configured that the manual assumed has already been
assembled (like the fence key). But overall was reasonably easy. Idiot that
I am, I'd just read multiple comments on the board about loosening the motor
mounts before putting the jointer on the stand - naturally I forgot to do
that and spent some time cussing trying to get my hands where I could reach
the bolts to loosen the motor.
Overall fit and finish on the jointer was very good. Tables and fence appear
to be dead on flat (sorry haven't done the feeler gauge test on them yet to
look for variances across the table). Was easy to get everything square and
running.
First cuts were simply amazing. Tried it on some curly cherry, some figured
mahogany and then some birdseye maple. Was fooling with depth adjustment and
didn't realize it - I was hogging off almost 3/16" on the birdseye and it
cut right through and left a PERFECT finish. Realize new blades should
perform well but this was pretty impresssive.
Count me as somone very satisfied with his first Grizzly purchase.

My 2 cents

Gary in KC


"Mike Pio" wrote in message
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I sure hope this post doesn't stir up controversy, but I'm curious about
Grizzly's tools. Over the years, it's been my observation that Grizzly
seems to sell equipment for considerably less than the competition. As
one
example, they sell an oscillating spindle sander for about $570 while a
comparable Shop Fox sander is around $900 (I couldn't find many
differences
in the specs).
As another example, Grizzly seems to sell some very inexpensive shaper
cutters (as compared to Freud, for one). Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems
Grizzly is consistently less in general.

I happen to own a lot of Delta tools, but that's mainly because I've stuck
with what I know. Because I'm considering buying some Grizzly equipment
and
have absolutely no experience with them, I'd be curious to hear opinions
from those of you who have owned/used equipment from both Grizzly and
other
manufacturers. If you could state of few pros and cons of Grizzly, I'd
really appreciate it. If Grizzly tools are not as high quality as the
competition, than I'd sooner spend the extra money on the better stuff.
I'm
open-minded though.

TIA

-Mike