I've narrowed my list down to a few, so please let me know what you think about
these machines. They are:
Ridgid 6". I know the Emerson version got good reviews, but what about the new
ones that are supposedly made by Ryobi now? Are they the same model #?
Yorkcraft yc-6j. Appears to be a well built, good bang for the buck deal
Bridgewood BW-6R. Same as yorkcraft
Grizzly- Here are a fewquestions. After a little research, the 3 models in
question are the G1182HW, z and zhw.
The HW and Z are both at 325 (supposed sale on the z). I always though that
the handwheels were better, but I could be off. What would be the difference
between the HW and the Z aside from the levers or handwheels? And lastly, are
the Handwheels on the ZHW (425) worth the extra 100 beans?
I don't want to get into a discussion about powermatic 8" or anything here, so
if you have info I'd appreciate staying on topic. If there is another 6"
jointer that I'm overlooking in the >400 range, please bring it up. Price is
an issue, so under 400.00 is a must for me. Thanks guys.
"GBsCards" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've narrowed my list down to a few, so please let me know what you think
about
> these machines. They are:
<snip>
Check out Star Machinery (sorry, no URL).
I bought an 8" for around a 6" price... fit and finish are OK, and after
reading of a number of other brands here am satisfied with all other aspects
as well!
Tom
JET is 379 at Menards, unless you just _have_ to have a closed stand. I
built a new one for mine so it ducks under boards used on my tablesaw, so it
wasn't a factor for me.
"GBsCards" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've narrowed my list down to a few, so please let me know what you think
about
> these machines. They are:
>
Hi, I have the Yorkcraft 6" jointer, love it, no problems what so ever.
Tony
GBsCards <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've narrowed my list down to a few, so please let me know what you think
about
> these machines. They are:
>
> Ridgid 6". I know the Emerson version got good reviews, but what about
the new
> ones that are supposedly made by Ryobi now? Are they the same model #?
>
> Yorkcraft yc-6j. Appears to be a well built, good bang for the buck deal
>
> Bridgewood BW-6R. Same as yorkcraft
>
> Grizzly- Here are a fewquestions. After a little research, the 3 models
in
> question are the G1182HW, z and zhw.
> The HW and Z are both at 325 (supposed sale on the z). I always though
that
> the handwheels were better, but I could be off. What would be the
difference
> between the HW and the Z aside from the levers or handwheels? And lastly,
are
> the Handwheels on the ZHW (425) worth the extra 100 beans?
>
> I don't want to get into a discussion about powermatic 8" or anything
here, so
> if you have info I'd appreciate staying on topic. If there is another 6"
> jointer that I'm overlooking in the >400 range, please bring it up. Price
is
> an issue, so under 400.00 is a must for me. Thanks guys.
I have the G1182HW, have had it for 3 years and have had no problems.
I looked at the Grizzly website and can't tell the difference between
this and the Z model except for the redesigned fence.
I just changed and reset my knives using a dial indicator and I can
tell you that's where its convenient to have the handwheels. I read
some real horror stories about people fine tuning with the levers.
With the handwheels, I simply watch the indicator until a turned it to
zero (for setting the outfeed and infeed tables).
The fence is more of a PIA to fine tune. Don't know if the "redesign"
would help or not. I can get it square, just takes a few extra
iterations to get it right.
Chuck
GBsCards wrote:
> I've narrowed my list down to a few, so please let me know
> what you think about these machines. They are:
>
> Ridgid 6". I know the Emerson version got good reviews, but
> what about the new ones that are supposedly made by Ryobi now?
> Are they the same model #?
>
> Yorkcraft yc-6j. Appears to be a well built, good bang for
> the buck deal
>
> Bridgewood BW-6R. Same as yorkcraft
>
> Grizzly- Here are a fewquestions. After a little research,
> the 3 models in question are the G1182HW, z and zhw. The HW
> and Z are both at 325 (supposed sale on the z). I always
> though that the handwheels were better, but I could be off.
> What would be the difference between the HW and the Z aside
> from the levers or handwheels? And lastly, are the Handwheels
> on the ZHW (425) worth the extra 100 beans?
I've had a G1182HW for a little over a year and have been happy
with it.
My previous jointer was a ToolCraft. I liked it; and like the
Grizzly even more.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA
I've got a Sunhill catalog in front of me, and the CT-60L sells for $425
plus shipping.
Bridgewood stuff has been kicking butt in every review I've read lately,
though I haven't seen a review on their 6" jointer.
Joe
>
>
> I've never used any of the above, so I'll decline to comment on them.
> for another machine in that class that has reviewed well, look at the
> sunhill.
On 23 Apr 2004 02:19:07 GMT, [email protected] (GBsCards) wrote:
>I've narrowed my list down to a few, so please let me know what you think about
>these machines. They are:
>
>Ridgid 6". I know the Emerson version got good reviews, but what about the new
>ones that are supposedly made by Ryobi now? Are they the same model #?
>
>Yorkcraft yc-6j. Appears to be a well built, good bang for the buck deal
>
>Bridgewood BW-6R. Same as yorkcraft
>
>Grizzly- Here are a fewquestions. After a little research, the 3 models in
>question are the G1182HW, z and zhw.
>The HW and Z are both at 325 (supposed sale on the z). I always though that
>the handwheels were better, but I could be off. What would be the difference
>between the HW and the Z aside from the levers or handwheels? And lastly, are
>the Handwheels on the ZHW (425) worth the extra 100 beans?
>
>I don't want to get into a discussion about powermatic 8" or anything here, so
>if you have info I'd appreciate staying on topic. If there is another 6"
>jointer that I'm overlooking in the >400 range, please bring it up. Price is
>an issue, so under 400.00 is a must for me. Thanks guys.
I've never used any of the above, so I'll decline to comment on them.
for another machine in that class that has reviewed well, look at the
sunhill.