Ken Glass
01-29-2008, 4:51 PM
Well guys,
I was about to place an order for a Grizzly G1023SL left tilting 3hp table saw, but I wanted the Shop Fox Incredible Fence. Grizzly tells me they don't sell any table saws without fences. Bummer. I thought I remember some other Creekers purchasing table saws without fences, because they had upgraded to a better fence and wanted to keep their better fence. I now have a Grizzly G1022 with the incredible Fence on it, with long rails. I don't think that the Shop fox classic fence will fit my older G1022 saw. Does anyone have a clue whether they would be interchangeable even with drilling new holes in the rails. I would sell my G1022 with the classic fence, if it would work. Also, tell me what your thoughts are on the Shop Fox Classic fence, as opposed to the Incredible Fence. Is the classic fence a really good fence and does it lock in square and have a fine tune function?
1/2 hour later:
After taking another look at the Grizzly G1023s again, I thought why not just order the saw with 7 ft. rails and legs and the Shop Fox Classic Fence. Well, Grizzly won't sell the saw with 7 ft rails. You must add $169.00 to the price to get the 7 ft rails and legs, but you can order the Shop Fox classic fence with 7 ft. rails and legs for $275.00. A savings of $119.00 over purchasing the 7 ft rails separately. That didn't sound right to me, so I called them and confirmed that, #1, I can't buy a saw without a Fence, #2, I can't add the 7 ft rails and legs for the difference from $225.00 to $275.00, ( Which is what I can buy the fence outright for with 7 ft. rails. #3 I can however spend $169.00 for the 7 ft rails and legs and then just pitch the existing rails away for a wasted cost of $119.00. This makes no sense to me. I have been a big big fan of Grizzly and own about 9-10 Grizzly tools. I have always had excellent service and shipping, but this does not seem like logic to me. Any thoughts on this latest development?
I was about to place an order for a Grizzly G1023SL left tilting 3hp table saw, but I wanted the Shop Fox Incredible Fence. Grizzly tells me they don't sell any table saws without fences. Bummer. I thought I remember some other Creekers purchasing table saws without fences, because they had upgraded to a better fence and wanted to keep their better fence. I now have a Grizzly G1022 with the incredible Fence on it, with long rails. I don't think that the Shop fox classic fence will fit my older G1022 saw. Does anyone have a clue whether they would be interchangeable even with drilling new holes in the rails. I would sell my G1022 with the classic fence, if it would work. Also, tell me what your thoughts are on the Shop Fox Classic fence, as opposed to the Incredible Fence. Is the classic fence a really good fence and does it lock in square and have a fine tune function?
1/2 hour later:
After taking another look at the Grizzly G1023s again, I thought why not just order the saw with 7 ft. rails and legs and the Shop Fox Classic Fence. Well, Grizzly won't sell the saw with 7 ft rails. You must add $169.00 to the price to get the 7 ft rails and legs, but you can order the Shop Fox classic fence with 7 ft. rails and legs for $275.00. A savings of $119.00 over purchasing the 7 ft rails separately. That didn't sound right to me, so I called them and confirmed that, #1, I can't buy a saw without a Fence, #2, I can't add the 7 ft rails and legs for the difference from $225.00 to $275.00, ( Which is what I can buy the fence outright for with 7 ft. rails. #3 I can however spend $169.00 for the 7 ft rails and legs and then just pitch the existing rails away for a wasted cost of $119.00. This makes no sense to me. I have been a big big fan of Grizzly and own about 9-10 Grizzly tools. I have always had excellent service and shipping, but this does not seem like logic to me. Any thoughts on this latest development?