I made some cracks about Grizzly quality a day or two ago. I had just
ordered a GO538 OSS, their lowest-priced model.
It arrived and I've been trying it out.
It works just fine, the quality is really pretty good for the price,
about $119 which is a bit more than the Ryobi.
Sure it's heavily plasticized, have to expect that. At least it's a
more appealing (to me) design, square and green+white, vs the Ryobi's
pregnant oyster done in speckly plastic appearance.
SWMBO says the grease is kind of smelly which is true, a persistent
petroleum smell. Heck. Think I'll give Grizzly a few more chances.
james
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I've been seriously thinking about adding that one to my current Grizzly
lineup - what do you think of how it works and how much does the spindle
travel vertically?
Don
brocpuffs <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I made some cracks about Grizzly quality a day or two ago. I had just
> ordered a GO538 OSS, their lowest-priced model.
>
> It arrived and I've been trying it out.
>
> It works just fine, the quality is really pretty good for the price,
> about $119 which is a bit more than the Ryobi.
>
> Sure it's heavily plasticized, have to expect that. At least it's a
> more appealing (to me) design, square and green+white, vs the Ryobi's
> pregnant oyster done in speckly plastic appearance.
>
> SWMBO says the grease is kind of smelly which is true, a persistent
> petroleum smell. Heck. Think I'll give Grizzly a few more chances.
>
> james
> [email protected]
>
>
Thank you - I'll order one this evening. Seems the bench models are limited
in their vertical movement.
djd
brocpuffs <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:36:14 -0600, "V.E. Dorn" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I've been seriously thinking about adding that one to my current Grizzly
> >lineup - what do you think of how it works and how much does the spindle
> >travel vertically?
> >
> >Don
>
> Hi Don,
>
> Not much travel, only 5/8". I should think this would be enough 'cause
> its over the full length of the sanding sleeve. Still, it's less than
> I expected.
>
> This is the very first one I've ever used. Anyway, the motion is nice
> and smooth, stuff like that. Good for the price, I think.
>
> James
> [email protected]
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:36:14 -0600, "V.E. Dorn" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I've been seriously thinking about adding that one to my current Grizzly
>lineup - what do you think of how it works and how much does the spindle
>travel vertically?
>
>Don
Hi Don,
Not much travel, only 5/8". I should think this would be enough 'cause
its over the full length of the sanding sleeve. Still, it's less than
I expected.
This is the very first one I've ever used. Anyway, the motion is nice
and smooth, stuff like that. Good for the price, I think.
James
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