Is there a better OSS for $598 than the Grizzly?

Jay Pique wrote:
>I'm guessing no, but I figured I'd ask.

Well of course there is. Why I gave less than three hunnert
for my Boice-Crane and it also came with a story that it
once belonged to a local pattermaker. On the down side I
don't have the full complement of spindles but on the up
side the spindles are all MT1 so I could have some made.

>The Star or the MAX sanders would be nice, but I don't think I can
>budget the $2500 quite yet.

See now, this here is where the wheels come offa the
choo-choo. *If* I were to become reeeeeeeeeeeal lucky (and
I mean lucky enough to have to change my nick name to
something like, well, Lucky) and I were to come across and
find an old Master or an Oliver (yes Lisa) and I were able
to get either for less than five hunnert dollars then that
would be one thing.

Now. Let us examine the situation here. How much is a
Delta ossificating splendiferous sandor or even a (gasp)
Ryobi? I mean, aren't we talking way cheap? Why once there
was a time when a wooddorker couldn't afford a ossificating
splendiferous sandor or a planer in his/her shop onna 'count
of there wasn't anything out there for less than a months
pay, but I digress with my old timey talk here...

The real crux of the biscuit is, how often would/could/will
you use this machine? Keep in mind that I know the answer.
You really have to start there. In the end, most
wooddorkers don't need a Top Of The Line (Insert Machine
Name Here) for many machines other than a table saw, a band
saw, a jointer and maybe a planer. You Mileage May Vary and
you are invited to debate additional additions to the list
but a ossificating splendiferous sandor isn't a daily use
machine for 99% of the average wooddorker.

Now, having said all of that, you can trump the argument by
countering with, "But I like nice things", in which case it
all reverts back to your original question.

>When you step down into the $500 to $1000 range it looks like you get
>pretty much the same functionality, but the Grizzly is $300 cheaper
>than either.

Not ever having owned a Grizzily (there is one at work I
could look at/I haven't yet had to) I can't give first hand
experience but from everything I have heard from real life
owners I can't recount a single contrary remark about them.
In fact I think it was viewed by all to be a Good Buy. The
big top (25" X 25") is a definite plus.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?ItemNumber=G1071

UA100

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 06:18:05 -0500, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:

>See now, this here is where the wheels come offa the
>choo-choo. *If* I were to become reeeeeeeeeeeal lucky (and
>I mean lucky enough to have to change my nick name to
>something like, well, Lucky) and I were to come across and
>find an old Master or an Oliver (yes Lisa) and I were able
>to get either for less than five hunnert dollars then that
>would be one thing.

Where would one look to find one of these? I've done a bunch of web
searching, but no luck so far. I know I could get a benchtop model
for a couple three hundred bucks new, but for $600 I can get cast iron
floor model that (from what I've heard) is an excellent value.

If anyone knows of a Star, MAX, Oliver etc.. for sale under $1000, by
all means let me know~!!!

JP
************
Pattern sanding.

Jay Pique wrote:
>Where would one look to find one of these?

Local 'chinery dealers, eBay, going around asking and
auctions.

>but for $600 I can get cast iron
>floor model that (from what I've heard) is an excellent value.

As I was/tried to allude to, getting a Master or an Oliver
(yes Lisa) for six hunnert would be cause to change your
nick name.

>If anyone knows of a Star, MAX, Oliver etc.. for sale under $1000, by
>all means let me know~!!!

That's the first step.

UA100, who did stop looking and everything pretty well dried
up but is casually hunting a stroke sander...

Have you considered the Porter cable portable. I got one and mounted it
onto a router table insert and swap it with my router in and out of the
router table position. My router drops into the extension on my table saw.
This gives me a lot of table and the only draw back I can see is it only
goes up to 2" spindle. But I do gain the ability to take it to very large
project that can not be put onto any table.

Eric Olsen


"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm guessing no, but I figured I'd ask. The Star or the MAX sanders
> would be nice, but I don't think I can budget the $2500 quite yet.
> When you step down into the $500 to $1000 range it looks like you get
> pretty much the same functionality, but the Grizzly is $300 cheaper
> than either.
>
> JP
> ****************
> Still researching...