I ve heard others say the Makita performs as well if not better than the more expensive green machine.
I wonder how the Grizzly track saw runs in comparison. Ever seen one in use?
- Mainiac Matt
Personally, I took the Makita over the more expensive one because after using both saws, the Makita out performed the other one in my opinion. I cut down a sheet of Cherry ply recently. I slid my thumb over the edge of the plywood and the edge was so sharp it cut my thumb, and that's with a 2 year old blade on it that gets worked almost every day. my blade, can't say about any other persons blade. I also take care of my tools and let the tools do what they're made to do.
The two friends I have that bought the more expensive saw, well, that seems to be a chest thumping thing for both of them. They laughed at me when I bought the Makita, but after seeing it work in my shop..well, my time to thump my chest because my saw was cutting as good if not better than theirs. I laughed at both of them and neither wanted to talk price and who got the last laugh,
I'm not degrading the more expensive saw, and I hope the people that do buy it has the same positive opinion of it as I do of my Makita.
The Grizzly saw. I know of a countertop shop that has three of the Grizzly track saws. Two are used to cut Corian and one is for general use in the shop. They put a metal cutting blade on the saws to cut Corian. I never paid any attention to their other track saw.
The owner told me they replaced the springs in the Grizzly with softer ones because the ones that came in it were to stiff. I asked him about the wobble I had been hearing about. He said one rail had a little but was simple to take out and all three of the saws were working flawlessly and he wouldn't hesitate to buy the saw again.
Here again, I think buying a power tool is a personal choice, what are you going to use it for, does price make a difference and can you make the cheaper tool do what you want it to do.
Maybe someone will showup that has the Grizzly and will give us a review on it.