We went over to Baileigh this past fall to look at a plasma cutter we wanted to buy, long story short they showed us a machine that was a rebuilt with full warranty and was in our price range but then they called and said he didn't know the CA office had already sold the machine. (keep in mind he was the sales manager of both branches so not sure how that would happen). We saw their show room and a lot of their machines are built in the same place as Grizzly. We have a lot of Grizzly equipment (and have been very happy with performance) and while we were there we notice that my father's large lathe was the same as ours minus the colors and the guy tried to tell us that it is very different. Same motors and everything just painted in their colors. We were told from Grizzly that as long as their stuff says made in Tawain that it is a good product. They do sell some stuff from China and Grizzly told me directly to stay away from those.
Just my two cents worth...