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   DonC | Oct 04, 2005 07:02am | #1

   General's trunions are beefier casting. The overall fit and finish is superior. I'm not sure about tolerances but it's a no brainer. Go for General. I own General, INCA,and Oliver. This kind of quality pays for itself in daily use.

   Don

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   jc21 | Oct 04, 2005 04:05pm | #2

    The latest X5 Uni's I've looked at have had good fit and finish but the General 350/650 seem to be beefier built with a more massive trunion and thicker gauge steel in the cabinet. General does their castings in house and mounts the cast iron extension wings at the factory- on every example I've seen the wings have been dead even. Fwiw the latest X5 Uni's use a Brazilian sourced WEG motor and iirc General uses a Baldor. In my area there's a $300 to $400 price difference between the two.

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   Adrian | Oct 04, 2005 07:01pm | #3

   IMO, there is no comparison....with a few exceptions, Delta stuff hasn't been great for a long time, and some of it now is very poor. General is very dependable. There are one or two Delta machines I would buy, and I have several here in my school shop.....I'm also running 20+ General machines between here and my own shop (including 3 General 350's and a 650, and a larger General saw). I just think they are the best machines in their class, and the quality seems to be very consistent.Cabinetmaker/college woodworking instructor. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.