Well......
As you will recall, I had a Grizz G1023RLW on (back)order. I just couldn't wait and after looking at all the spec sheets and reviews here on NCWW, I decided to switch to the (in-stock) G0690. And I picked it up at UPS yesterday. Sorry, no pics yet (the Spring cleaning is still not done! :roll - but I did spend yesterday evening muscling it into the shop and getting it set up.
So here a few impressions:
1. Instructions were very good (by the time it arrived, I about had them memorized :gar-Bi). Setup time about 3 hours.
2. Table wings were milled perfectly, no shimming to get them dead flat with the main table.
3. Blade to miter slot and fence to miter slot were dead nuts on right out of the box.
4. Fence was dead nuts out of the box square and parallel.
5. I love being able to move the fence with one finger!
6. Nickel test - forget about it - this thing has zero vibration.
7. Even with the cheapo blade that comes with it, it cuts like a hot knife through soft butter. And even at 3 HP it's WAY quieter than the 1980's Craftsman 10" Contractor it replaced. I ripped a piece of 8/4 red oak no problem at all.
8. The HDPE faces on the fence are as straight as my capability to measure straight allows me to determine.
Features I like (so far):
- The bottom tray is sloped to the dust port.
- The opening to allow the height shaft to swing on tilt has brushes to cut down the air flow.
- The dust port is on the right-hand side
- The hand wheels are massive - going down on the blade, give it a spin and it will practically go all the way to the stop.
I still have to set the 90 and 45 stops, recheck all the alignments, tweek the miter guage bar (just a tiny bit of slop), hook up the dust collection and tweek the outfeed/assembly table height to match. Plus make new sleds, jigs & fixtures :gar-Bi. I will try to take some pictures (once the shop is somewhat presentable :BangHead
All in all, I couldn't be happier. I've waited a very long time to have tools of this class and I can't wait to put them to work. (Remember that China cabinet I was asking for advice on a while back? :eusa_danc)
Will update with some pictures later.
C.
As you will recall, I had a Grizz G1023RLW on (back)order. I just couldn't wait and after looking at all the spec sheets and reviews here on NCWW, I decided to switch to the (in-stock) G0690. And I picked it up at UPS yesterday. Sorry, no pics yet (the Spring cleaning is still not done! :roll - but I did spend yesterday evening muscling it into the shop and getting it set up.
So here a few impressions:
1. Instructions were very good (by the time it arrived, I about had them memorized :gar-Bi). Setup time about 3 hours.
2. Table wings were milled perfectly, no shimming to get them dead flat with the main table.
3. Blade to miter slot and fence to miter slot were dead nuts on right out of the box.
4. Fence was dead nuts out of the box square and parallel.
5. I love being able to move the fence with one finger!
6. Nickel test - forget about it - this thing has zero vibration.
7. Even with the cheapo blade that comes with it, it cuts like a hot knife through soft butter. And even at 3 HP it's WAY quieter than the 1980's Craftsman 10" Contractor it replaced. I ripped a piece of 8/4 red oak no problem at all.
8. The HDPE faces on the fence are as straight as my capability to measure straight allows me to determine.
Features I like (so far):
- The bottom tray is sloped to the dust port.
- The opening to allow the height shaft to swing on tilt has brushes to cut down the air flow.
- The dust port is on the right-hand side
- The hand wheels are massive - going down on the blade, give it a spin and it will practically go all the way to the stop.
I still have to set the 90 and 45 stops, recheck all the alignments, tweek the miter guage bar (just a tiny bit of slop), hook up the dust collection and tweek the outfeed/assembly table height to match. Plus make new sleds, jigs & fixtures :gar-Bi. I will try to take some pictures (once the shop is somewhat presentable :BangHead
All in all, I couldn't be happier. I've waited a very long time to have tools of this class and I can't wait to put them to work. (Remember that China cabinet I was asking for advice on a while back? :eusa_danc)
Will update with some pictures later.
C.