Grizzly G0771Z vs G0962 hybrid table saw

• You want an enclosed cabinet. The G0771Z is the closed-cabinet hybrid in this pair, and in a garage that shares air with a car the enclosure is the part that helps a dust port do its job.
• You rip wide stock. The listing gives a 30 in right rip with a T-shaped fence. The G0962 listing figure for rip is one to read on grizzly.com before you buy.
• The bay is a two-car garage. In our layout engine it fits beside a parked sedan at 20 x 20 ft and every larger bay, so the footprint penalty over the G0962 does not bite there.
• The saw stays put most of the time. You add a base only if you want to move it, and the WEN 500 lb base covers the 421 lb we calculate.

• The bay is a 12 x 22 ft one-car garage. It is the only saw in this pair that fits beside a parked sedan there with working clearance. The G0771Z fits only when stored.
• You want the car to come back in every night. The mobile base is part of the saw, so there is no capacity arithmetic to do and no base to buy.
• You want the lowest floor share. Our engine puts the G0962 at 3 percent of a 12 x 22 ft floor against 7 percent for the G0771Z.
• You want to read owner reviews. The G0962 carries an owner rating of 4.4 on grizzly.com from 50 reviews. We have no rating on file for the G0771Z.

Both saws share the same motor, the same listing amps and nearly the same table. The difference that decides a garage is the body under the table. The G0771Z is a 64 x 40.5 in enclosed cabinet. The G0962 is an open stand on a built-in mobile base with a 21 x 19-1/2 in base. Our layout engine placed each saw alone in each of our six standard bays, then with a sedan parked 12 in from the door and walk-around clearance, then with the clearance removed to test storage.

Floor share tells the same story: 8 and 7 percent of a 12 x 20 and a 12 x 22 ft bay for the G0771Z, 3 percent for the G0962 in both. Neither saw works beside a car in a 12 x 20 ft garage. The G0962 listing gives no overall width with the fence rails fitted, so treat its result as the footprint on the listing, then add the rails yourself with a tape measure. The fit sheets show every bay: G0771Z and G0962.

No. Both listings give 15 A at 120V and 7.5 A at 240V for the 2 HP motor. At 125 percent of 15 A that is 18.8 A, which points to a dedicated 20 A breaker and 12 AWG copper under the 60 C column of NEC Table 310.16. Our engine's NEC table calculation for a 30 ft run comes out higher, 30 A on 10 AWG. The two numbers differ, so the electrician sizes the circuit from the nameplate.

The practical point is that the saw should have its own circuit. A 2 HP motor has a high starting current, and a dust collector or a compressor on the same 20 A breaker trips it. If a 240V circuit is on your list for a heater or a welder, wiring either saw for 240V halves the current. Rewiring the motor is a wiring-diagram job for a licensed electrician. Read the 240V explainer and run your own loads through the workshop amps calculator.

Our sizing rule multiplies shipping weight by 1.3. That gives 421 lb for the G0771Z, which fits under the WEN 500 lb base with about 80 lb of margin. The G0962 comes out at 386 lb on the same rule, but it does not need the arithmetic, since the stand carries its own wheels. Whether the built-in base locks, how it lifts and how it behaves on a sloped slab are questions for the listing and the owner reviews.

A garage slab usually slopes toward the door for drainage. Any saw on wheels wants to roll downhill, and a 300 lb saw has momentum. Lock it before you cut, and do not roll it with a board on the table. The mobile base sizing calculator checks a base against a machine, and the mobile base roundup covers the options for the G0771Z.

Both saws arrive by freight. Shipping weights are 324 and 297 lb, crated. Plan the route from the curb to the bay, and have a helper or a pallet jack ready.

An enclosed cabinet keeps more of the fine dust under the blade, where a port can pull it. An open stand leaves the underside of the table to the air. We have no dust port diameter in our sources for either saw, so read both listings. What does not change is the airflow a table saw asks for: about 350 CFM at the hood, and a 4 in duct carries 349 CFM at 4,000 fpm.

For a 120V garage, a collector like the Grizzly G0860 (868 CFM, 15 A) is the partner, and it cannot share a 20 A circuit with either saw. Size the system with the dust collector calculator. Fine dust settles on car paint, so run the collector, add a hanging filter such as the POWERTEC AF4001E, and wear a respirator and safety glasses. The car and dust guide covers the details.

The footprint is not the working size of a table saw. The lane that stock travels through is. For an 8 ft board our rule is the machine depth plus 1.5 times the stock length, which is long for a one-car garage. In a 12 ft wide bay the lane has to run along the length, which is where the car sits. A saw on wheels solves part of it: roll the saw out of the bay, or turn it at an angle to the door, rip, and roll it back.

That is the real argument for the G0962 in a one-car bay. It is not that it cuts differently, it is that moving it is already built in. If your cutting is mostly sheet goods, a track saw does the first breakdown and a hybrid does the repeat cuts. The garage shop layout calculator lets you draw the lane in your own bay. For the full range, including folding saws, read the table saw roundup.

G0962 for a 12 x 22 ft one-car bay or any garage where the saw rolls out for every cut; G0771Z for a two-car bay where you want the enclosed cabinet and a 30 in right rip. The motors, the amps and the circuit are the same, so the choice is body style and floor. The G0962 is the lighter saw at 297 lb against 324 lb, and the only one of the pair to fit beside a sedan in the smaller bay. The G0771Z lists more of what you will want to know. Whichever you choose, put it on its own 20 A circuit and have a licensed electrician confirm it.