Dewalt 15 Amps 13 In Corded Thickness Planer
We decided that the DeWalt DW inch, 2-speed planer would fill the gap between our smaller underpowered planer and a large industrial planer. Having a consistent thickness allows you to create level tabletops, joinery, and all-around better projects. Keep reading to understand the features to look for in a quality benchtop planer and learn why the following models made our list of picks. Three Knife, Two Speed Thickness Planer is powered by a 15 Amp motor to easily managing large cuts in wider materials. A couple of years ago I bought a new planer and limited my choices to “portable” ones just because of space issues.
The real question will be do you have a separate dedicated circuit, because if you run this on the same circuit as your dust collection I’m certain that will be a problem. I was just wondering what your thoughts are on the Jet 13″ benchtop planer and how it would compare to Dewalts benchtop planer. I just acquired a DW735 and am really pleased so far. I had to unclog the discharge chute and rotate the blades.
We’ll let you make your own determination on which warranty appeals to you. While we’re not ranking this category we do feel the data is interesting and informative. As you can see above the DEWALT DW735X pulls some serious amps under load. It points to the much more powerful motor in that unit.
They are all very famous among DIYers because of the 10,000RPM blade speed that leaves a near-perfect finish. With their three blades, these planers make 96 to 179 cuts per inch, way faster and more efficient than standard market planers. I picked this planer dewalt tools up from my local Lowes, well not really local, it was the closest Lowes. They offer other planers, but at the time this seemed like the best one for my use. Speed two is supposed to be for taking more material off quicker, but with not as nice of a finish.
I have a room problem and purchsed a Hammer combo jointer/planer. I’ve been too lazy to put the DeWalt 734 up for sale. If there is someone around Metro NYC interested send me a note. I may replace my old Delta with this planer in the near future.
The planer comes with a tool to change the knives; it neatly stows on the motor housing so it won’t quickly get lost. It provides a maximum capacity of 13-inches in width and 6-inches in depth. The three-blades on the cutting head can provide either 96 CPI or 17p CPI, depending upon the speed you set it at. This product uses a 15 amp motor to provide power and it includes extra blades as well as an infeed and outfeed table. POWERTEC’s benchtop thickness planer is worth a look if you want mid-range capability from a planer.
For this head-to-head test we focused on planing several different wood species, the surface finish, the power, and pricing. Below is a detailed discussion of our testing and evaluation. Most planer blades are made with dewalt accessories oval-shaped bolt holes for just this purpose. They allow blades to be moved sideways a bit before retightening the bolts, eliminating the alignment of nicks in the blade that caused the raised ridges in the first place.
If you won’t be using your benchtop planer that often and are a bit short on space, you might appreciate the fold-up infeed and outfeed tables that make storage a bit easier. These tables do sacrifice a bit of rigidity over solid cast bases, however. The CRAFTSMAN can handle materials up to 12 inches wide and 6 inches thick. For boards up to 8 inches, there’s a maximum depth of cut of up to 3/32-inch.
We were able to hook our shop dust collection up to the planer (a 4-inch connection is recommended) and it’s been working great. Upon first setting up the planer, we questioned whether we would need to use the finishing speed very often. However, we found ourselves using it quite a bit more than we initially anticipated.