Chris Tsutsui
10-14-2010, 4:22 AM
For a while I've saved up a saw budget and was almost ready to look at Euro saws and the new unisaw, but around 4pm I saw something on craigslist that made me curious.
Somebody was selling a grizzly saw... I never seen a grizzly machine in person but I hear talk about it on these forums so I had to take a look:
Grizzly Table Saw $400 obo - $400 (Huntington Beach)
Date: 2010-10-13, 3:07PM PDT
Reply to:
$400 obo
Grizzly Table Saw
Motor 3 Horse Power - 220V - Single Phase
10" Table saw - Left tilting
Notes: Runs great, Arbor is perfect and blade tilts smoothly.
Call me on my cell if interested. 123-4567
Location: Huntington Beach it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
So anyways, I call and he didn't receive any offers yet so I decide to check it out and assure him that I'll pay his asking price if everything is in order.
I arrive and sadly it's another small cabinet shop closing its doors. This was their 3rd saw and wasn't abused. It was a G1023SLX with a Freud diablo blade in it and the guy turned it on and it ran super smooth. The blade adjustements were also silky smooth and other than a little saw dust, it didn't have rust, pits, or stains... The 3 belts were in great condition, the motor looked and operated great and I couldn't find anything wrong with tolerances or even dings and paint scratches on the chassis.
During my drive over there the shop owner told me that he was getting a bunch of calls on the tablesaw including higher offers, but he kept telling people somebody is looking at it. (ME) :D
So we took the extension table and rails off and boy were those heavy. We loaded it into a Honda Odyssey. A cabinet shop neighbor had a great idea to put it on its back. I layed down melamine sheet on the van floor and the shop guy gave me a thick moving blanket to put under the saw. Transportation was pretty easy and I was able to unload it in my garage by myself, though moving it around is a pain on my garage floor. I definitely need a mobile base for it.
Boy this saw feels like an upgrade from my portable jobsite tablesaw. I'll have see if I can get a splitter on it, detail it and maybe a new fence or something with the money I saved.
I guess i'm a proud grizzly owner now. :)
Somebody was selling a grizzly saw... I never seen a grizzly machine in person but I hear talk about it on these forums so I had to take a look:
Grizzly Table Saw $400 obo - $400 (Huntington Beach)
Date: 2010-10-13, 3:07PM PDT
Reply to:
$400 obo
Grizzly Table Saw
Motor 3 Horse Power - 220V - Single Phase
10" Table saw - Left tilting
Notes: Runs great, Arbor is perfect and blade tilts smoothly.
Call me on my cell if interested. 123-4567
Location: Huntington Beach it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
So anyways, I call and he didn't receive any offers yet so I decide to check it out and assure him that I'll pay his asking price if everything is in order.
I arrive and sadly it's another small cabinet shop closing its doors. This was their 3rd saw and wasn't abused. It was a G1023SLX with a Freud diablo blade in it and the guy turned it on and it ran super smooth. The blade adjustements were also silky smooth and other than a little saw dust, it didn't have rust, pits, or stains... The 3 belts were in great condition, the motor looked and operated great and I couldn't find anything wrong with tolerances or even dings and paint scratches on the chassis.
During my drive over there the shop owner told me that he was getting a bunch of calls on the tablesaw including higher offers, but he kept telling people somebody is looking at it. (ME) :D
So we took the extension table and rails off and boy were those heavy. We loaded it into a Honda Odyssey. A cabinet shop neighbor had a great idea to put it on its back. I layed down melamine sheet on the van floor and the shop guy gave me a thick moving blanket to put under the saw. Transportation was pretty easy and I was able to unload it in my garage by myself, though moving it around is a pain on my garage floor. I definitely need a mobile base for it.
Boy this saw feels like an upgrade from my portable jobsite tablesaw. I'll have see if I can get a splitter on it, detail it and maybe a new fence or something with the money I saved.
I guess i'm a proud grizzly owner now. :)