13″ Dewalt Planer With Stand And Helical Cutterhead Kit At Grizzly Com
A thickness scale and a separate material removal gauge make it easy to set the 734 for the right depth of cut. When I slide a workpiece to the cutter-head carriage, I use the material removal gauge to set the carriage height for the desired cut. There is also an adjustment wheel marked in 1/64″ increments to move the carriage. The carriage itself has a lock bar that positively locks to the four columns and controls snipe, a deeper cut at the beginning and end of a board, a common planer problem. There is also a turret depth stop to set frequently used thicknesses for uniformity among projects.
Thankfully I stocked up as they’ve gone up a good bit since. However, I had to send the first planer back due to a quality control issue at the factory. The belt pullys dewalt tools were misaligned and ate the belt in about 10 minutes. The second one has been good, but I’m done with Delta as their quality has definitely gone down hill lately.
This planer has a wider dust outlet up to 4 inches in width with a stronger fan aided ejection leaving the infeed and outfeed very clean. It prevents clogging and also reduces chances of snipe caused by debris at the base. This planer has an automatic lockdown mechanism that makes it easier to operate.
I have been taught to cut your boards a little longer than needed. Then trim the ends off to get rid of the snipe on dewalt accessories the ends. I’ve had my planer sitting on top of a junk dresser I found in the trash for about a year and a half now.
Speed 2 increases the automatic feed speed, lowering the number of cuts per inch to only 96, but makes dimensioning lumber quicker. This 13-inch, two-speed thickness planer from DEWALT has a 15-amp motor that creates a 10,000-RPM cutterhead speed and two feed speeds . It has a 13-inch-wide capacity, as well as a 6-inch height capacity. The tool has a three-blade cutterhead and features DEWALT’s fan-assisted chip ejecting for hooking up to your dust collection system.
I’m also noticing the blades are getting huge gouges in them. This article is a troubleshooting guide for problems and malfunctions common to most electric power tools. Own an Ace Store Your ultimate power tool for business success.
I already retired the Planar Digital and went back to my Wixey Digital. I am sure that iGaging will learn and fix these issues. Dial-in the perfect planer depth setting every time to provide the most efficient planer performance. The setup for the DeWalt Planer Stand is as easy as it gets with the predrilled holes and heavy-gauge steel brackets that support the planer. The most innovative feature of this set-up is the wheel set, which can be engaged by using a foot pedal for instant portability or disengaged to secure the unit in place. I have sharpened many planer blades, I do not know if any of them are to Dewalt 735, but at least very similar.
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The automatic carriage stop feature clearly solves this long standing design issue for planers. I can only hope that DEWALT continues offering this great product for many years to come. Material removal gauge and extra-large thickness scale deliver accurate cuts with every pass. 19-3/4″ cast aluminum base is dewalt accessories 2X more rigid than a standard 10″ base and folding tables. Fan-assisted chip ejection vacuums chips off of the cutter-head and exhausts them out of the machine. If it were me, I would use the continuity part of your tester and go thru each switch/device, from power cord to motor and see where the problem is.