Dewalt 15 Amps 13 In Corded Thickness Planer
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Powerful features are the reason why DeWalt is an obvious top recommendation for any type of lumbar work. These top three best sellers from DeWalt are highly recommended by both DIYers and professionals for a fine finish of your lumbar work with little snipe. The differences are slim but significant which is why we created this review to help you narrow down to the planer best suited for each of your projects. The infeed and outfeed tables lock securely making the planer more portable although the outfeed is blocked slightly by the dust hood adapter. The package also includes a dust hood and an adapter that you can connect directly to a vacuum cleaner for effective dust collection. It uses DeWalt`s 120V, 20,000RPM, 15Amp brushed motor with quick access to the brushes that make it very easy to change.
Click below to watch a video tutorial covering the process of maintaining a wood planer. The fresh, smooth boards coming out of your planer will make all the efforts of learning your new trade worthwhile. Dealing with dull blades is the second dewalt tools essential maintenance point. Begin by unplugging the power cord and get inside the planer by unbolting the top. Well, DeWalt wanted no part of that, and built the entire mechanism on a quartet of metal posts to raise and lower the machine.
The cutter heads are raised and lowered with a very smooth turning handle on one side of the unit. For each full rotation of the handle the cutter heads raise or lower 1/16″. This is nice because it makes matching another previously milled pieces thickness. The picture above shows the chain that’s used for raise and lower the cutter heads. The chain drive speaks volumes to the quality and durability of this unit. I got this for free when I bought a guys woodworking shop and sold off the other tools.
Tag this product with a keyword to better identify it and relate it to similar products. I’ve heard of the sprockets messing up on the older Dewalt planers. On mine I had a feed problem and used simple green to clean the feed roller and the amount of gunk that came off was shocking. Had the planer powered on, the plan was to immediately shutoff and replace circuit breaker.
This operation won’t make dull blades sharp, but it will reduce the amount of sanding you need to complete later on planed pieces of wood with ridges. Thickness planers are more maintenance-dependent than a tablesaw, jointer or drill press. And though the work of keeping a planer functioning well isn’t difficult or time consuming, it is necessary. You’ve got to do it to avoid boards that stick, get gouged and come out with less than smooth surfaces. DeWalt offers a 3-year limited warranty that does not apply to accessories or damage caused where repairs have been made or attempted by others.
The planer generates a lot of large shavings, and a vac will fill up fast! Without a vacuum attached, the dust-hood exhaust port shoots out a very large debris field to clean up. With an aggressive cut, shavings can quickly clog the port. We are experimenting with a cyclonic dust collector with 5-gallon waste bucket, and have had positive results so far, even with mismatched hoses. The handle is ergonomically designed and easy to grasp. You even get a kickstand so you can rest the planer on the work surface without damaging the material.
It’s very easy to make small depth changes because of the oversize hand wheel. The DeWalt DW735 comes with a handy Allen wrench that you use for loosening the screws for the plastic cover of the cutter head and the blades themselves. Also, we thought it was kind of cool that the Allen wrench includes a couple of magnets on the handle for easy removal of the blades. Upon first receiving the DeWalt DW735 Planer we noticed that not only was the box pretty large, it was also heavy. Most benchtop planers have some heft to them, however, the DW735 weighs in at 92 pounds. That realization prompted us to quickly build a rolling base for the planer to stand on.