Are you looking for a Dewalt 735 Planer 12/06/2025

onocoffee said:
Loees is also having a sale on Flex as they are going to drop them from the retail stores. The inline 6.5" circular is now $99 and has very enthusiastic reviews.
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Sign up for their Daily Deals, I bought that saw for $69 about a week ago.

Are you sure about the idea that the brand will be dropped? A guy in customer service (who also bought some Flex tools) said they were just discounted to make room for new models. So, I don’t know either.
 
@Duckler depending on where you buy it a real Byrd Shelix head is probably around 450-550 plays shipping

There are knockoffs that are cheaper but Byrd has been doing this for a long time.

Comes with new bearings as well.

Ron
 
peter halle said:
I just noticed that Lowes has a clearance event going on and the Dewalt 735 thickness planer is $200 off right now. Other deals to check out also.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT-0-125-in-W-15-Amp-3-Blade-Benchtop-Planer/1000373723

Peter
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Dang. That is what I paid pre-covid.

But it is a nice planer if you can't get one of the bigger ones. I have run a ton of pine through mine and lately a bunch of cherry. It had a tough time with the cherry until I put in new blades. Multiple years on the first set of blades and didn't notice anything until I ran hard wood through it. :p

Edit: ACtually, I just flipped the blades over, as they are two sided.
 
Michael Kellough said:
Sign up for their Daily Deals, I bought that saw for $69 about a week ago.

Are you sure about the idea that the brand will be dropped? A guy in customer service (who also bought some Flex tools) said they were just discounted to make room for new models. So, I don’t know either.
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I'm getting that "info" strictly from YouTubers, of which there have been more than one talking about the move of Flex from Lowes retail to perhaps just Lowes online. But it's YouTubers, so...

And what do you think of that saw? Right now, it's $99 and the 2ah battery kit with charger is $49. The 2 9/16" cut depth would give me slightly greater capacity than my old school corded DeWalt 364 with its 2 7/16" cut depth - which I'm surprised about since I would have thought that the larger blade would have a deeper cut - even after 30 years.
 
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onocoffee said:
I'm getting that "info" strictly from YouTubers, of which there have been more than one talking about the move of Flex from Lowes retail to perhaps just Lowes online. But it's YouTubers, so...

And what do you think of that saw? Right now, it's $99 and the 2ah battery kit with charger is $49. The 2 9/16" cut depth would give me slightly greater capacity than my old school corded DeWalt 364 with its 2 7/16" cut depth - which I'm surprised about since I would have thought that the larger blade would have a deeper cut - even after 30 years.
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Since posting this morning I‘ve read a bunch of stuff on the web saying Lowes is definitely moving the brand out of the stores. Don’t know if the brand will still be available online but searching right now the 6-1/2” inline saw is not even online.

I can’t do anything much with the saw at the moment (post-op recovery) but I did install the blade and a 3.5 amp battery and while it’s amazing that the tool is only about 4” high when laying on it’s side the area it takes up is dismaying. I don’t think it could fit in an ordinary Systainer. On the other hand you might get 3 of them standing up in a Sys 4 or 5. 🤪
 
I purchased mine from Holbren about 8 years ago, they were the cheapest at that time. I purchased the smaller diameter version at the time because that was all that was offered. If I were to swap it out now, I'd get the larger OEM sized Shelix. Make sure you purchase it with new bearings installed.
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I got the Byrd Shelix head for my DW735 direct from Byrd a good number of years ago. Like Cheese, mine is the small diameter that installs with the inserts on the heads. One big plus with the Shelix on the 735 is a very significant noise reduction...I measure a 14dBA drop compared to the stock head. It's still loud and I wear ear protection.
 
Michael Kellough said:
Since posting this morning I‘ve read a bunch of stuff on the web saying Lowes is definitely moving the brand out of the stores. Don’t know if the brand will still be available online but searching right now the 6-1/2” inline saw is not even online.

I can’t do anything much with the saw at the moment (post-op recovery) but I did install the blade and a 3.5 amp battery and while it’s amazing that the tool is only about 4” high when laying on it’s side the area it takes up is dismaying. I don’t think it could fit in an ordinary Systainer. On the other hand you might get 3 of them standing up in a Sys 4 or 5. 🤪
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Shirking doctor’s orders I put the Flex Inline 6-1/2” circular saw in a Systainer (T-lok Sortainer II?). If the tool was a single millimeter larger it wouldn’t fit. Not sure how the vertical depth of this Systainer compares to the no-drawer versions but the lid closes just fine. That is a 3.5 amp battery. Not sure if a larger one would fit.

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