So after months of perusing Craigslist unsuccessfully in the Portland OR area for a reasonable 8" jointer with a Byrd cutterhead I saw the Grizzly add for free shipping on the G0656 8" jointer. When shipped with a Byrd head (seperately) came in at my upper end of my $1300 budget so I placed an order on February 18th (along with everyone else I suppose). They called the next day to say it was backordered and will ship mid-March - no problem for me. So I called up in mid-March and they told me there was another delay - new guaranteed ship date of May 17th. Seemed way too far out, but I suppose I can wait a bit longer and focus on non- jointer related projects right? ( if I finish all the projects that currently "justify" the tool before it gets here than I don't "need" it anymore - yikes!) after excitedly telling the wife this was the week it was really coming in, you can imagine my frustration when after calling Grizzly today I was told not to worry that it would be here in July....... No disrespect to Grizzly's friendly customer service, but it seems like there must be quite a few out there getting pretty impatient right now.
Seems like my options are pretty limited here. I did see a DJ 20 on Craigslist, but I wonder if I will start regretting that 1-1/2 hp motor vs. 3 hp and the extra space it takes up in my tiny small garage hobby shop.
Alright, frustration vented for now - time to go enjoy a nice spring evening. Maybe I will even get around to planting a walnut sapling so I have a nice full size tree to saw up and run over new jointer when it finally arrives in July of 2050