I’m looking to pickup a jointer here pretty soon and now that I have gotten my tax refund I am thinking of putting some of it towards a 6” jointer and saving the rest for a bandsaw sometime this summer.
With that being said I see that Amazon has the Delta 37-275X X5 for $580 (less $80 instant coupon + less $100 Delta X5 rebate) brings it to a total of $400 shipped to my door (plus a sawzall that I can sell for ~$60, if you include that its at a cost of $340.
I am also considering the Grizzly G0452 and the G1182ZHW (I like how it has dual adjusting wheels). The G0452 is $394.25 + 23.66 tax (since I live in PA we gotta pay) for a total of $417.91 to my door. The G1182ZHW is $576.91 to my door which is a little more than I really wanted to spend.
I realize that the bed on a 6” is shorter than on the 8” models but it will do the job that I have in mind for it and if not then I’ll just add onto the arms.
So after all of that is the Delta better than the Grizzly I have looked at the specs and the fences are just about the same height, have the same hp motor, cutting speed and most other features are very similar. The one big difference is that the Delta weights in at 50 lbs more than the G0452, also the G0452 comes with the mobile base built in, I’m not sure how well that will work since I want to keep it up against the wall and it has to slide one way only. I also noticed that Delta has a nice 5yr warranty and Grizzly is 1yr I belive, although I hope never to need it but its nice to know that help is there if needed.
I wanted to get some opinions about this, I could hold off on buying a jointer for a month or two but thought about it now since the Amazon deal seems pretty sweet. What’s everybody’s opinion?