John McBride
12-17-2014, 11:14 PM
OK,
So during my exploration of a good, 110/220 capable, 10" , cast iron tabled, under say, $1000-ish, a fellow creeker suggested I look into the Grizzly g0715p. Actually, I think several of you had. I had resisted, because I thought I remembered some chatter suggesting that the "guts" of the machine were identical to the ill fated Ridgid hybrid with the blade alignment issues. R4512 maybe? (i forget the model number just now. It is still in play through internet sales, and is sibling to both a Craftsman, as well as one other saw at least....all the models are beginning to run together for me right now)
Anyway, I have been doing a great deal of reading, and I have run across a couple of posts both here on the Creek, as well as a couple of other sites, that seem to indicate that Grizzly has addressed the issue and it is no longer a problem. Date stamping on the various complaint posts, date clear back to when the machine(s) were first rolled out. Sometime back in 2010 IIRC. Since around late 2011 into 2012, the complaints seem to stop completely, though they persist for the Ridgid.
Also, I ran across a couple of posts that claimed that a representitive of Grizzly, had vehemently denied any genetic relationship between the Ridgid and the g0715p, and that the only relationship that the two saws shared were design simmilarities of the trunnion mounted to table design feature, and that the two saws were indeed manufactured in different plants. No actual family relation at all.
Can anyone help shead light further on these various rumblings? perhaps someone as anally retentive as I am? Can any of you guys who own this machine, give me a feel for your experience in owning one? Good? Bad? Ugly?
Can anyone give me some clarity regarding the g0715p"s history, liniage, tweaks that were done to eliminate the early complaints?
Can anyone give me a feel for the ease with which they were able to align, tune, and care/feed their Grizzly g0715p?
Any and all info is greatly appreciated. As always, looking forward to hearing back from you all.
John
So during my exploration of a good, 110/220 capable, 10" , cast iron tabled, under say, $1000-ish, a fellow creeker suggested I look into the Grizzly g0715p. Actually, I think several of you had. I had resisted, because I thought I remembered some chatter suggesting that the "guts" of the machine were identical to the ill fated Ridgid hybrid with the blade alignment issues. R4512 maybe? (i forget the model number just now. It is still in play through internet sales, and is sibling to both a Craftsman, as well as one other saw at least....all the models are beginning to run together for me right now)
Anyway, I have been doing a great deal of reading, and I have run across a couple of posts both here on the Creek, as well as a couple of other sites, that seem to indicate that Grizzly has addressed the issue and it is no longer a problem. Date stamping on the various complaint posts, date clear back to when the machine(s) were first rolled out. Sometime back in 2010 IIRC. Since around late 2011 into 2012, the complaints seem to stop completely, though they persist for the Ridgid.
Also, I ran across a couple of posts that claimed that a representitive of Grizzly, had vehemently denied any genetic relationship between the Ridgid and the g0715p, and that the only relationship that the two saws shared were design simmilarities of the trunnion mounted to table design feature, and that the two saws were indeed manufactured in different plants. No actual family relation at all.
Can anyone help shead light further on these various rumblings? perhaps someone as anally retentive as I am? Can any of you guys who own this machine, give me a feel for your experience in owning one? Good? Bad? Ugly?
Can anyone give me some clarity regarding the g0715p"s history, liniage, tweaks that were done to eliminate the early complaints?
Can anyone give me a feel for the ease with which they were able to align, tune, and care/feed their Grizzly g0715p?
Any and all info is greatly appreciated. As always, looking forward to hearing back from you all.
John