· I had one of those, mechanically it was a pretty fair mill, but the DC motors and variable speed weren''t up to the job, I think Grizzly replaced them 2 or 3 times, So, I gave up, made a bracket and mounted a 3/4 HP DC motor, used step pullys and it worked fine till I traded it off, in that configutation I was unable to use the horizontal feature, and the fellow I sold it to, is in the process ...