[svorhees]

Looking at the Jet 16/32 and the Grizzly G0458 18"

Anybody prefer one over the other?

 

[Hawkeye1434]

Go grizzly I love them I am saving the money up right now to get this exact same 18" drum sander good luck

 

[Burb]

While I don't have first hand knowledge, I have read that the Jet isn't as good as the Powermax was before jet bought them out.

I was also thinking that some employees affiliated with Powermax started a new company but I can't think of their name. It seems to get good reviews.

 

[Steve Neul]

Jet was once part of Powermatic. I wonder if the new company that owns it will be as good and will offer the same customer service. I bought a Grizzly shaper a while back and it was very cheaply made. I don't think it measured up to Harbor Freight tools so I wouldn't recommend Grizzly. As far as the type of sander you might be better off finding a used wide belt sander rather than a drum sander. Any drum sander I've ever used if the feed slips a little it will burn a deep dent into the wood which you could never get out.

 

[Hawkeye1434]

Then you apparently haven't shopped at grizzly lately harbor freight better than grizzly you need your head examined