Frank, my understanding is that Grizzly don't make machines, they are a large reseller who has off-shore (mostly Asian countries) machines made for private-label sales by them.

That said, I know several people who have them, some of them swear by them, one who swears AT them. One fella who has several Grizzly pieces, and says some are just lemons, in fact he had a planner of theirs which defied anyone to set it up and make more than two true cuts in a row, they exchanged it, and the replacement is a dream.

Asian quality control? Or the lack thereof?

We have a similar company up here, most of their stuff is the exact same item, sometimes even down to the part numbers, as the Grizzly stuff. I have one of their little metal working machines, a mill, drill, lathe combo, and as long as you remember what you're working with, it does a fine job, more than enough for what I need. It was certainly a bargain for the price, but I don't expect to turn out class A fit work on it either....

Some of the woodworking forums are probably full of people who have them and can give you the straight poop on them.

Best of luck.

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