order grizzly from Amazon?

One more layer of bureaucracy? Good? You in government?

Another voicemail jail, another ignoramus who can say (legitimately) "I don't know about that...."

I half way expected to see "free super saver shipping", but no such luck. I have to agree, no advantage here. Deal directly with Grizzly.

I would get the 65" (G1018HW) vs the 75". All they do is give you 2 5" casts to screw on the the ends of the 65" and I had to have 3 sets of casts sent before I got some that lined up.

Also, they forgot to tap the screw holes and give me the screws.

My 2 cents,

Just Dave

Yup. I once ordered some odds-n-ends from Griz via Amazon. Seemed to take a day or two simply for the order to get relayed from Amazon to Griz. Nothing bad happened, I received the order OK. But there was no advantage either.

thanks for the reply...the G0500 also has a 2 HP motor instead of 1 1/2, and 4 blades instead of three in the cutterhead. how much of an advantage do you think that would be?

This is my first jointer purchase...

david

Just Dave wrote:

When I bought my Grizzly drill press I decided to just order directly from Grizzly rather than going through Amazon.com. In addition to avoiding an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy, I actually got a cheaper shipping price through Grizzly, though it was just a temporary special.

Whew!! Definitely wouldn't do that (order from Amazon). I've had to call both Grizzly and Amazon before for help. Grizzly satisfactorily helped me (wrong motor on my bandsaw, after spending an hour with me to try and see if it would work they finally sent me a new one). Amazon on the other hand basically told me to stick my complaint where the sun don't shine (well, that's how I felt anyway -- in any case they didn't help me, wouldn't refund my money, and said too bad).

I still order from both companies, but from Amazon I only order stuff that I won't go crazy over if it's not right (i.e. < $100 purchases only) because I don't expect any help at all.

My 2cents.

Mike

the extra blade will just about use up the extra HP, so the load on the motor will be more or less the same. you should get a slightly better cut and have a slightly more complex knife setting experience.

I'd say go for it.

David, Might be worth mentioning that Amazon takes 8% off the sell price as well. (might be a different negotiation % with Grizzly).

Roger

Wouldn't an extra blade *reduce* the load? Only one cutter is in contact with the wood at any given time, so the determining factor is the size of the cut. With 4 cutters each one is taking a smaller bite (assuming same rate of feed and depth of cut) so should require less power to remove the same total amount of wood.

Just my wild guesswork, but I can't see how a 4 knife cutterhead could possibly require more power than a 3 knife head.

Tim Douglass

In my opinion, ordering from Amazon adds no added value protection regarding the build quality or shipping. Shipping problems are passed to the shipper. Quality problems are passed to the manufacturer. Amazon does a good job of arranging returns - not the solution you want for a missing part or poor quality part. You have to go back to Grizzly for that. Price and availability are the only reasons to go with Amazon. I find that I buy less and less from them.

Bob

To answer your first question, I don't see how ordering from Amazon would provide more protection other than Amazon "could" put pressure on Grizzly if something went wrong, but I doubt they would. In response to your second question, the reason to order from Amazon and not Grizzly is I have Amazon stock, but I don't have stock in Grizzly. You do want to help out a fellow woodworker, don't you...

Only if you use SBC telephone service or products made by Honeywell, or bank with Citibank.....

extra blade would mean extra weight though meaning more power to spin the blade. then again the extra weight (momentum) would mean that it would be harder to bog down. interesting thoughts

more cutters places them closer together, which gives a smoother surface, but also means more work being done per revolution, which means you need more horsepower to maintain the same feed rate. Bridger

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sucker!

I bought the Grizzly G0500 and had no such problems. It works like a champ and I really like it. I would buy it again!

-Mike

You think so? Amazon has gone from 10 to 43 in two years and has lots of upside potential. What do you suggest Montyhp as a reasonably low risk investment that has done better over that time and will continue to do so?

Roger,

Do you mean that Amazon gets an 8% commission on the sale? Almost sounds like you saying that Amazon gives an 8% discount on the sale.

I just purchased a Grizzly GW1018HW after comparison, I decided to order direct from Grizzly. Didn't see any advantage of getting Amazon in the middle. I didn't think to ask for a discount because they weren't having to give up the 8% to Amazon.

BTW, the GW1018HW is a nice machine. I've had a little trouble aligning and tensioning the belts. But the machine runs well and gives good cuts.

Darrell