Last Wednesday my first Grizzly tool arrived. It is the G0490x Jointer. First off, what everyone says about the grease and oil is true. Took 3 hours to get everything cleaned up.
Finally got it put together and started to get it inspected and check adjustments.
First problem was the outfeed table adjustment lever was loose. I thought some of the casting was broken. The lever will swivel around 360 making it very difficult to adjust the height. After a phone call to Grizzly I see that it is the nut that is loose. However now that the bed is installed on the base there is no way to tighten it without completely disassembling it again. Also not one of the set screws for the table parallelogram adjustments were tight (yes I know there are two in each hole. I am talking about the inner ones that tighten down on the cam)
But then on closer examination I decided that things I thought I could live with I really shouldn't have to. I want to see if you all agree or not.
There is a gouge in the infeed table.
Also there is a "V" like nick on the outfeed table lip.
I emailed Grizzly on Friday about these items and sent pictures. I am awating their response. What do you guys think?
Finally got it put together and started to get it inspected and check adjustments.
First problem was the outfeed table adjustment lever was loose. I thought some of the casting was broken. The lever will swivel around 360 making it very difficult to adjust the height. After a phone call to Grizzly I see that it is the nut that is loose. However now that the bed is installed on the base there is no way to tighten it without completely disassembling it again. Also not one of the set screws for the table parallelogram adjustments were tight (yes I know there are two in each hole. I am talking about the inner ones that tighten down on the cam)
But then on closer examination I decided that things I thought I could live with I really shouldn't have to. I want to see if you all agree or not.
There is a gouge in the infeed table.
Also there is a "V" like nick on the outfeed table lip.
I emailed Grizzly on Friday about these items and sent pictures. I am awating their response. What do you guys think?