New Planer

[greenacres2]

Picked up a Dewalt 735 at the Sears in Kokomo, IN yesterday for $325. Older (2008) display model, so no box or manual, and it has the hex head blade screws and chip ejector (instead of 4" DC adapter). Will replace both for $27 so still not a bad deal. No "new tool smell", but a very good new machine for a few hundred less than normal (actually, less than most used and very used on ebay/CL too).

(pics resized to 600 x 450--do we still need to do that?)

earl

[big tim]

Congratulations, That's one heck of a deal!

Tim

[chopnhack]

Very nice score sir!! And do spend the $27, the dust collection is absolutely a necessity on these units... after a short session you will think you are living in a hamster cage!!

[greenacres2]

Very nice score sir!! And do spend the $27, the dust collection is absolutely a necessity on these units... after a short session you will think you are living in a hamster cage!!

Yeah, my old Delta just shot the shavings out the back--doesn't take long to fill a kiddy pool!! Looking at the way the 4" will come out of the 735--in my opinion one goofy idea to put the DC in the middle of the outfeed--i'll work out some sort of elbow for collection. The chip separator will be getting a workout here shortly.

earl

[mpc]

Use a real dust collector - not a shop vac with the 735. The 735 has its own dust blower fan inside - it's surprisingly powerful and well beyond what you'd expect given its size. The Dewalt manual actually says not to use a shop vac since the airflow CFMs of most shop vacs is lower than the 735's blower! It'd actually hurt dust collection performance. Just running a hose into a big trash can with a Thien-like separator, or a cyclone on a trash can, is better. A real dust collector works fine though. Just for giggles, power up the 735 while it's connected to the dust collector - and leave the collector OFF for a moment. Bet the dust collector's bags fill out completely just from the 735's blower!

I have a 735 as well. One thing to watch are the small chains & sprockets inside the "bulges" on the sides of the unit. Pop those covers off every so often and clean out accumulated debris; otherwise the sprockets may split in half.

I agree about the placement of the 735's dust port: right in the way. Especially for folks like me that don't have permanent dust collector piping in the shop - just a flexible hose moved from tool to tool. It does its best to interfere with the workpiece exiting the planer.

Great price by the way!

mpc

[Knottscott]

Sweet deal!

[greenacres2]

I have a HF collector, with a Thien between the tool and the bag. Excellent set up. In the little test cutting i did yesterday could not believe how far the chips were thrown, but in a nice pattern. The Delta just made a small mountain under the tool, so had to stop to sweep often!!

Thanks for the heads-up on the chains/sprockets. The covers look pretty easy to remove for cleaning.

earl

[toolguy1000]

+1 to sweet /great deal comments.

[Cochese]

Nice deal, will have to check mine.