Originally Posted by
Charles Coolidge
Personally I would NEVER buy another G0490. I purchased one and a Byrd Shelix cutter head for it. Wow so many quality issues with that jointer, manufacturing flaws, design flaws, retarded assembly instructions it had it all. WARPED FENCE, side extension table not flat, depth of cut indicator stupidity, useless depth of cut stop bolt, no flats on the handles to tighten them, RAZOR SHARP shards of metal sticking out where the 220v power cord goes, blade guard not tensioned and no flat to grab hold of it e.g. channel lock pliers. I'm a Grizzly fan but this is not their best machine. Also there were several small dents in the outfeed table like it was gouged with a punch, this pushed metal up above the surface that had to be filed down level.