Dewalt planer dust collection

[iceman61]

I need to poll the masses here. After purchasing a DW 735, I'm having a little trouble finding something to hook up on the supplied round transition that mounts on the back of the planer for dust collection. I'm trying to go between the supplied round transition and a 2 1/2" shop vac hose but one will not fit into the other, since they are both the same size. I'm sure the other supplied transition is to just blow chips & dust out the back since it is a round to oblong transition. What are you guys using?

Edit: I am planning on using a 35 gal. separator between the planer & a 16 gallon shop vac as I realize the chips & dust produced by the planer could fill up the shop vac very, very quick.

[charliex]

There is an adapter that comes with most shopvac's that transistions to the same size . Usually used with attachments that go to the exhaust. Or there is always the handyman's secrete weapon, duct tape.

[cgallery]

I need to poll the masses here. After purchasing a DW 735, I'm having a little trouble finding something to hook up on the supplied round transition that mounts on the back of the planer for dust collection. I'm trying to go between the supplied round transition and a 2 1/2" shop vac hose but one will not fit into the other, since they are both the same size. I'm sure the other supplied transition is to just blow chips & dust out the back since it is a round to oblong transition. What are you guys using?

Edit: I am planning on using a 35 gal. separator between the planer & a 16 gallon shop vac as I realize the chips & dust produced by the planer could fill up the shop vac very, very quick.

Can you use a shop vac hose coupler?

[sweensdv]

Figure out the outside diameter tolerances that you're working with and then go to Home Depot and pickup the proper sized Fernco coupling.

[iceman61]

Can you use a shop vac hose coupler?

Didn't try that when I was at Lowe's the other day because they didn't have them but I'll try on when I can get my hands on one.

Figure out the outside diameter tolerances that you're working with and then go to Home Depot and pickup the proper sized Fernco coupling.

I used to use Ferncos all the time in my past job & I completely forgot about them.

Where has my mind been today?

[drumpriest]

There are step adapters that might work, like this one?

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...r&cookietest=1

Though a planer into a shop vac will probably fill your shop vac pretty fast. And the dewalt has a fan assist to the DC. I use a friction quick disconnect on my setup with my Jet 1100 CK DC and occasionally the wind from the planer will throw the hose off. I think you might be ok to just hook it up to a can.

[LCHIEN]

I need to poll the masses here. After purchasing a DW 735, I'm having a little trouble finding something to hook up on the supplied round transition that mounts on the back of the planer for dust collection. I'm trying to go between the supplied round transition and a 2 1/2" shop vac hose but one will not fit into the other, since they are both the same size. I'm sure the other supplied transition is to just blow chips & dust out the back since it is a round to oblong transition. What are you guys using?

Edit: I am planning on using a 35 gal. separator between the planer & a 16 gallon shop vac as I realize the chips & dust produced by the planer could fill up the shop vac very, very quick.

if it goes from 4" port to a 2.5" shop vac hose, it may also plug up very quickly

[milanuk]

One of these thingys works pretty good for me. A little messy when removing from the 35 gallon Rubbermaid trash can I put it over, but it beats the heck out of screwing around with anything else. Trust me, that thing puts out enough chips to swamp a shop-vac in about no-time flat!

http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DW7353-...7385926&sr=8-5

[smorris]

Trust me, that thing puts out enough chips to swamp a shop-vac in about no-time flat!

Yea verily, my dust collector usually goes a month or more between emptyings unless I'm using the planer, then it is a session event. But the chips make good mulch.

[jhart]

When I first started using my DW733, chips shot out everywhere. Then I put a 4" adjustable elbow and tried to shoot the chips into a trash barrel. Had to use duct tape around the planner outlet and the elbow to keep it on. Chips didn't go all over, but was still messy. Then added a 4" to 2 1/2" reducer and hooked up a 6.0 hp shop vac. That did a pretty good job (wasn't doing a lot of planning. Once I hooked up my HF dust collector, it eliminated the chips completely.
I think it really depends on how much use you will be doing with your planner. Not sure if this would work with the DW735 outlet as not familiar with how it expells the chips.

[iceman61]

if it goes from 4" port to a 2.5" shop vac hose, it may also plug up very quickly

I need to go back into the shop & check out the outlet port size again. I was thinking the outlet port was 2.5" but maybe I was wrong. In the future I am planning on a dust collector but not immediately. I also "now" realize that my original idea of using a 35gal. pre-separator before the shop vac will have 4" ports on the separator. After seeing the Phil Thien baffle, that is probably the one I will try, on a 35 gal can. Even with that I keep thinking about all the chips I had under the joiner while reducing just a few 2x4's last year.

When I first started using my DW733, chips shot out everywhere. Then I put a 4" adjustable elbow and tried to shoot the chips into a trash barrel. Had to use duct tape around the planner outlet and the elbow to keep it on. Chips didn't go all over, but was still messy. Then added a 4" to 2 1/2" reducer and hooked up a 6.0 hp shop vac. That did a pretty good job (wasn't doing a lot of planning. Once I hooked up my HF dust collector, it eliminated the chips completely.
I think it really depends on how much use you will be doing with your planner. Not sure if this would work with the DW735 outlet as not familiar with how it expells the chips.

This is almost exactly how I see my future going.....LOL

[drumpriest]

The 735 is supposed to be much better at controlling where the chips go. I say "supposed" because I haven't used the 733. The 735 really does an excellent job of controlling where all they go, and as I said, it's fan assist setup is strong enough to shoot the 4" hose off based upon the friction couple, so it's moving a bunch of air.

Try just turning the planer on and put your hand behind the port. Don't do this while planing, as it'll sting! It shoots those chips out nicely.

[Bruce Cohen]

I have the same planer, got it when it first came out.

What I did was to buy a 2' length (or so) of 4" hose, and a 4" to 2.5" reducer. Both are connected to the the hose with worm gear clamps. Have the planer hooked up to my Craftsman 16 Gal. shop vac. As long as you don't let the drum get more than half filled. this works like a charm.

Remember, the chip extraction system of the 735 blows out almost as fast as the vac can suck.

Bruce

[Lee4847]

I have the DW735 connected via 4 inch hose and pipe and about 30 ft away is the trash can seperator and then the dust collector (little delta). The little fan in the DW735 will inflate the bags on the dust collector if I turn the 735 on first. However, it works much better with the dust collector turned on!! Boy what a mess that made when it blew the top off the trash can seperator!

I have had this planer for a couple of years and the only complaint is the knives. The OEM blades do not hold an edge. I have had much better results with the replacements from Infinity cutting tools.

http://www.infinitytools.com/products.asp?dept=1111

Lee