Dewalt Dw735 $611 76 Portable Planer, 2 Hp, 13 In W, 6 In T, 15a
This is simply a larger package of the 735 planer including the earlier discussed 735 planer plus replacement blades, infeed, and outfeed tables. It is a cost-saving package delivering the same quality service including the 15AMP motor with a 20,000RPM and a no-load blade speed of 10,000rpm. It also has three reversible and disposable blades and dual speeds that allow you to set 96CPI or 176CPI for a smoother finish. I must have a newer setup than you do, I also purchased the in-feed out feed tables. Now for me this is just a planer that is holding me over for the Powermatic 209HH which is quite expensive.
Actually got this, and a bench top drill press and made $100. A big draw for me was that there are no worries about sharpening or replacing knives – just rotate individual cutterhead. The Shelix cutterhead is a premium 3rd party upgrade. It’s completely optional, and the added cost seems inline with how much it costs to step up from plain knives to helical-style insert cutters in larger woodworking machines. The potential benefits of a Shelix head include 1) reduced snipe tear-out, especially in figured woods, 2) longer-lasting sharpness, 3) easier cutting edge rotation and replacement.
In addition, shelix cutterheads are also much quieter than normal blades. This is a big bonus especially on these s, because they are quite noisy. Any reduction in sound makes them much more comfortable to use. Shelix cutterheads consist of many small blade inserts.
This features a 15,000-rpm motor that gives you cuts up to 3/32 of an inch. This has been designed to make just about everything easy for you. A good example here is the carriage lock that prevents the movements causing snipe. This product can take dewalt accessories up to 1/8-inch off with each pass. That provides a balance between material removal and a smooth surface. Purchase includes one stationary 13″ Planer, in/out feed tables with fasteners , extra blades and dust hose adapter. Stand is not included.
Because snipe is a matter of leverage, it can be complicated to avoid. Planers use overhead rollers before and after the cutterhead to hold the workpiece as flat as possible while giving the cutterhead something to register against the board. These rollers work incredibly well in the middle of the board, but not so well at the leading or tail end when only one roller is touching the wood. Due to gravity, the long end of the board can cause enough leverage to lift the section inside the planer into the cutterhead just slightly, removing more material than you intended. Your planer’s capacity, or allowance, is the major factor determining its capability.
Three Knife, Two Speed Thickness Planer is powered by a 15 Amp motor for managing large cuts in wider materials. Three-knife cutter head with 10,000 rpm and feed speed options for 96 or 179 CPI provide optimal performance. Includes infeed and outfeed tables and an extra set of knives. The cutter head is equipped with three knives and turns at 10,000 rpm. The manufacturer’s specifications note that the blades cut 96 times per inch, which gives a smooth finish to the planed surface.
After reading several reviews it was clear to me that this was a hidden jewel among the DEWALT product lineup. Below are some of the key spec’s on this tool and my take on this super-charged thickness planer from DEWALT. If it was rough and not very close to flat, when it hits a high spot it’ll bog down and shut off. let it sit for a while, then recheck your panel for that circuit, and then retry the breaker on the planer. On bigger boards going through the 735, you have to take tiny cuts, because the large part of the blade is working and not just a small part. If you slab was 10 or 12 inches wide, you have to accept a thinner cut and a slower cut, the planer is working much harder than normal.
Bench-top thickness planers have a dial used to move the cutting heads up and down to set the depth of cut. On each model the dial indicates how far the heads move up and down per revolution of the dial. We used calipers to measure the average thickness of each wood sample before and after a pass to remove 3/32″. We then compared how accurately each planer was able to do that and listed the average deviation from the 3/32″.