I'm looking to purchase one or the other. I've read many if not all of the threads on these two saws. I currently own a G0123 cabinet saw. It gets the job done.
What does that say...? Well it works, can't really complain except I feel the 90 degree and 45 degree stops are a bit mushy, if you know what I mean?
So on to the two sliding saws...
The Grizzly has supports for the sliding table. To me that says the table is not capable of supporting much weight.
The guy in the Hammer video sits on the table as is slides. I think that says a lot about the durability of the saw. It has no supports like the Grizzly.
The Grizzly has the start and stop controls in what I consider a more logical position. The Hammer seems to be in the more conventional cabinet saw position. I don't get this.
Many of you are happy with the Grizzly. Do any of you wish you held out for the Hammer or similar? I can save almost $3K if I go with the Grizzly.
I "hope" this will be my last table saw purchase. I have no decent way of cutting angles on wide pieces so this kind of saw seems to make a lot of sense. To some degree I am justifying the purchase by weighting the cost of the saw versus medical care due to kick back or loss of one or more digits. Loss of digits is not a huge concern as I do not put my fingers/hands anywhere near the blade. I have however experienced kickback, rarely (knock on wood) but in one instance it hit my thumb and I live with a spit thumbnail to this day. I have always been careful when using any tool, but all of us get distracted from time to time.
I am a repeatabilty kind of guy, who isn't? I want to be able to change a setup with minimal fuss then go back to a previous setup with precison. Mostly what I'm talkling about is the miter fence, how repeatable are the fences? I love my Incra rip fence, repeatability is a no brainer.
Whichever saw I get , I think I would want to add the Incra TS fence and maybe an Incra miter guage. I believe I saw a post where someone retrofitted an INcra fence to a Hammer K3.
Comments, thoughts?
I don't want to regret getting the Grizzy if the fences are sub par. I think I can live with the sliding table supports and put 3K in my pocket, but I don't want to skimp when is comes to repeatability.