This is a very strange situation and thread. Others here (including myself) have ordered the G0634 and had nothing but good things to say about it.
This fact raises an issue. I have had nagging guilt pangs about addressing all these issues in such a public forum... second guessing myself about whether I am just being "picky". Along the way, when the second one came, I asked Charlie this very question... I have provided lots of photos/video to try to explain to others, as well as justify to myself, these issues are real and not imagined or exaggerated. I have gotten verbal confirmation from their engineer that both the planer wheel and the broken piece were due to manufacturers defects.
I realize the scrutiny this thread is getting and the issues it is causing for Grizzly. But at this point, I don't know how much more responsibility or guilt I am willing to assume.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.