[CAD-Man]

I have a 6 inch Grizzly joiner and have been very happy with it. I also own the anniversary version of their 14 inch band saw and also very happy with that a well,

The only thing about Grizzly tools I have found out is that the Polar Version of an identical Grizzly model. The Polar is of lesser quality. When I bought my joiner, I first bought the Polar Version and was very dissatisfied with the quality control of the machine. I sent it back and purchased the identical Grizzly and a huge difference in the quality of the machine.

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[CAD-Man]

Powermatic, etc. and damn, Grizzly

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[CAD-Man]

Wow!!! That is quite interesting. And very sad--we don't make anything here any more do we.

The reason for my post was to show that the Powermatic fanboys need to research before posting. What happened was in 2017 Powermatic and JET (JPW) was purchased by a private equity firm. The way these private equity firms make money is to ship every thing overseas.

Powermatic was originally a family owned company that got beaten up by larger companies and just couldn't survive. I'm not saying older Powermatic tools are not good but just about everything in the power tool industry today is made overseas. As an example the bench top Spindle Sander that I own is a Powermatic and is identical to a WEN, Grizzly and Sears and all made China, The only difference is color and label colors and position.

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