DeWalt - DW735 Heavy-Duty 13" Three Knife, Two Speed Thickness Planer (Rating: 5)
I recently ordered a DW735X to replace my old DW734. Note the difference between the DW735 and the DW735X is that the DW735X comes with an extra set of blades and the extension tables. The machine has worked as advertised so far. I can't feel any difference on the finish between the 2 speeds. Snipe is negligible. I think the complaints I've read about the blades not lasting is because the user is taking too much material at a time.
The only problem that I had with the DW735 is the dust collection, that although much improved over the DW734, I wasn't able to simply connect the system I had used with the DW734. As a Lumberjacks contributor has previously commented, the ejector fan is very powerful - I made the misteak of turning the machine on with the chip ejection port pointing toward my work bench. The result was that the bench was the cleanest it's been since I built it many years ago.
I tried to connect my Rockler 4" hose to the DW735, but the 4" accessories that I use to hook up my SawStop to the Rockler wouldn't fit the DW735. I have a ShopSmith DC3300 with a 2¼" hose, and it wouldn't fit on the DW735. I went back to the dealer, explained the problem, and the salesman told me how sorry he was, but that didn't solve the problem. Since I still had the DW734 with a DW7331 Dust Collection hood, and it had a 2¼ adaptor (DeWalt part number 429615-00 at a cost of $6.27), I tried it on the DW735 Chip Ejector, but it was too big.
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Then I had a bright idea: What if I wound some duct tape on the Chip Ejector, which would effectively enlarge the outside diameter? But the duct tape didn't work. When I slid the DW734 2¼" adaptor over the DW735 Chip Ejector, the tape "scrunched" up. Then, I remembered that I had some Gorilla Tape, and tried that. Voila! Success! However, one small problem. I had used too much Gorilla tape, and I couldn't separate the two pieces. (I did eventually get them apart and removed enough of the tape to hold the two pieces securely, but not so much I couldn't separate the two).
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I hooked up the ShopSmith vacuum and my "modification" worked fine. The only problem was that the chip ejection port is located directly over the outfeed, and could possibly interfere with a board coming out. Back to the internet and found a ShopSmith Vacuum attachment Elbow (part number 514521 at $7.76) that mated with the DW734 Adaptor. While I was on the ShopSmith site, I also ordered a Hose Connector (part number 515430 at $6.89) so I can hook two 2½" hoses together.
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The whole process proves my theory that if you give a Norvegian enough black coffee and Gorilla Tape, wonderful things will happen.
-Harry Sorenson
I recently ordered a DW735X to replace my old DW734. Note the difference between the DW735 and the DW735X is that the DW735X comes with an extra set of blades and the extension tables. The machine has worked as advertised so far. I can't feel any difference on the finish between the 2 speeds. Snipe is negligible. I think the complaints I've read about the blades not lasting is because the user is taking too much material at a time.
The only problem that I had with the DW735 is the dust collection, that although much improved over the DW734, I wasn't able to simply connect the system I had used with the DW734. As a Lumberjacks contributor has previously commented, the ejector fan is very powerful - I made the misteak of turning the machine on with the chip ejection port pointing toward my work bench. The result was that the bench was the cleanest it's been since I built it many years ago.
I tried to connect my Rockler 4" hose to the DW735, but the 4" accessories that I use to hook up my SawStop to the Rockler wouldn't fit the DW735. I have a ShopSmith DC3300 with a 2¼" hose, and it wouldn't fit on the DW735. I went back to the dealer, explained the problem, and the salesman told me how sorry he was, but that didn't solve the problem. Since I still had the DW734 with a DW7331 Dust Collection hood, and it had a 2¼ adaptor (DeWalt part number 429615-00 at a cost of $6.27), I tried it on the DW735 Chip Ejector, but it was too big.
Then I had a bright idea: What if I wound some duct tape on the Chip Ejector, which would effectively enlarge the outside diameter? But the duct tape didn't work. When I slid the DW734 2¼" adaptor over the DW735 Chip Ejector, the tape "scrunched" up. Then, I remembered that I had some Gorilla Tape, and tried that. Voila! Success! However, one small problem. I had used too much Gorilla tape, and I couldn't separate the two pieces. (I did eventually get them apart and removed enough of the tape to hold the two pieces securely, but not so much I couldn't separate the two).
I hooked up the ShopSmith vacuum and my "modification" worked fine. The only problem was that the chip ejection port is located directly over the outfeed, and could possibly interfere with a board coming out. Back to the internet and found a ShopSmith Vacuum attachment Elbow (part number 514521 at $7.76) that mated with the DW734 Adaptor. While I was on the ShopSmith site, I also ordered a Hose Connector (part number 515430 at $6.89) so I can hook two 2½" hoses together.
The whole process proves my theory that if you give a Norvegian enough black coffee and Gorilla Tape, wonderful things will happen.
-Harry Sorenson
