Re: Grizzly shapers G1026 (3hp) vs G7214 (7.5hp)

AL wrote:
>
> I need a shaper but can't decide between the G1026 (3hp) and the G7214
> (7.5hp, 3 phase). I can afford the smaller one right now but would have to
> save up for the bigger one. I do have 3 phase power. Usually when I pick
> the smaller of the two, I end up kicking myself. But sometimes, like with
> my contractor's saw, the smaller one ends up doing everything I want.
>
> Comments?

Those two don't look to me to be sufficiently close together to be the
either-or choices--the larger one is a real industrial machine whereas
the other is a higher-end home-shop or smaller cabinet shop.

I'd have to know a lot more about the need to make a even half-baked
recommendation owing to that substantial difference between the two.
.

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