Dewalt Dw733, Dw734, And Dw735 Planers
Planers with built-in gauges will allow you to quickly determine the height of the cutterhead from the planer’s deck. This measure expresses how thick a piece of wood will be once it passes through the planer. It won’t go any lower than your depth stop will allow. dewalt Hand tools Funny I was just looking at this model yesterday and almost pulled the trigger. A little big more initially but it has great reviews and the cutter head will be great. While power is extremely important, it can also be extremely hindered by poor accuracy.
The only time it gave me any trouble was when i was planing 10” wide black locust slabs but that’s a tall order for anything that isn’t industrial. Another consideration when evaluating bench-top thickness planer performance is the surface finish. Bench-top thickness planers use a set of rotating blades to “shave” off the surface of the board being planed. The TBB Crew selected the maple wood for the snipe test. We thought the lighter color and tight grain structure of maple might show the location and the depth of any snipes better than the other woods. For this test, we set all of the planers to a uniform depth of 3/32”.
It is a three-blade planer with ready-Levelized infeed and outfeed benches. It features a four-column manual lockdown mechanism that reduces snipe and also keeps the timber in place for accurate cutting which gives you a very smooth finish. Soon I’ll also create a video review for this tool so you dewalt tools can see first hand what I mean about power!. I recently purchased some 8/4 Maple, Purple Heart and Walnut for cutting boards. I was blown away as I started my first pass at 1/16″ and the planer didn’t even moan. Board after board the DW735 chewed through layer after layer of wood with ease.
If you look at the photo above you’ll see that they have connected a chip blower directly to the motor. There is a shroud over the blades which connects to the chip blower. This system works so well that when I removed the cover on the planer there was virtually NO dust inside even after running over a 100 feet of hardwood through the planer already. This is a really good machine, but the only problem with it is that it is exceedingly loud, even with ppe. I ended up buying a little bit less capable, and slightly more expensive, machine only because it was much quieter. I otherwise really like this Dewalt thickness planer.
For BARBASHELA’s planks we wanted to remove just over a 1/16″ from the rough-sawn boards to reach the target thickness and that required several passes per plank. We set up to remove 1/64″ per pass to reduce the load on the feed rollers and found that the 15-amp, 20,000-rpm motor was up to the task. The 734 has powerful feed rollers and provides 33-1/2″ of support from the infeed and outfeed tables, so it can handle 6′ to 8′ boards. For the 16’ and longer planks we helped push and pull the stock through. An alternative to using power wood planers is using hand planes. The skill required to properly dimension wood with a hand plane takes time to master.
He then did some amazing planing with the original blade. All of my old Stanleys still have the original blades. Don’t be in a rush to “upgrade” with a premium blade and chip breaker. Nothing against them; just don’t sell a good original blade short. Learn how to do David Charlesworth’s ruler trick instead of spending a long time working on the back. The SE-77 square edge jig which came with your T8 has the capability of adding controlled camber to plane blades.
Mike – Brands change minor items all the time, so I wouldn’t be surprised if there are slight variations. Before building my flip top cart, I thought about purchasing a fold-up Ridgid miter saw cart. It has 12″ wheels and can be easily set up and taken down by one person. Todd, I am OK with your releasing my email address to Jim if he would like to ask any questions. These need high volume dust collection to keep up with the massive amount of chips.
As mentioned earlier, there is a 4” dust port on the back of the planer that makes dust collection a breeze even without a dust collector. I use a short piece of Harbor Freight 4” dust collection hose here. I’ve never had it come off during use even when my collection bag was full. The DW735X model comes with some extras that the DW735 does not. You get an extra set of blades and you get the two support wings that easily attach to the front and rear for added material support. Both of these are great add-ons and worth the added cost.