UPDATED Help with Dewalt DW735 Planer

[CharlesWilson]

I have the DW734 planer and find that the 'lifting' operation is necessary on long boards to avoid/reduce snipe.

Charles

 

[eweber]

I have the DW734 planer and find that the 'lifting' operation is necessary on long boards to avoid/reduce snipe.

Charles

Same here with my Ridgid planer, on long boards there is enough weight to flex the outfeed/infeed tables and cause snipe.

Emmanuel

 

[Eli]

I'd rather leave it long and then trim it off if I can.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

I also lift ends of the the boards somewhat to minimize snipe on my Inca planer.  Another way to mitigate snipe is to feed another board after the first in so the ends of the boards are tightly abutted.  I try to do this anytime I have a series of boards to plane to the same thickness, e.g. for a panel or components of drawers.  The worst snipe is about 1/2 mm.

Dave R.

 

[gkeas]

Eli,

I think I read you have the Dewalt 734.  How do you like it.  I just cant bring myself to do the $$$ for the 735.

If I had the space, I'd get one of these:

Jet 12" Combo

 

[Eli]

Gar-
I did have the smaller Dewalt, but sold it when we pulled stakes and moved down unda. I have the Makita now. I was pretty pleased with the Dewalt. I'm pretty pleased with the makita. I don't know if that makes them both good or my expectations low...

 

[gkeas]

Gar-
I did have the smaller Dewalt, but sold it when we pulled stakes and moved down unda. I have the Makita now. I was pretty pleased with the Dewalt. I'm pretty pleased with the makita. I don't know if that makes them both good or my expectations low...

Sounds like when I was dating, "keep your expectations low and you're rarely disappointed"

 

[Eli]

Fat is a dirty word at the moment in my house, so I won't use it, but everyone needs love.

ahem.

The best thing IMO about the two smaller planers is. They're smaller.

I'd pop a forehead vein if I had to move the bigger dewalt around all the time. Lunchbox planers are plenty heavy already. Even if you don't do any site work, rare is the guy that has a dedicated planing area. Expectations aside, I think they all do a pretty good job. The column lock  on the dewalt is pretty good, but I haven't noticed any creep on the makita, and I've been actively comparing them.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

I have an Inca combo jointer/planer, nominally 10" cutter head width.  I addressed the shop mobility problem by making a "wheel barrow" style table for it.  The long side side aprons extend beyond the legs and work like the handles on a wheel barrow.  When I want to move it, I simply use the handles to lift that end and roll it about on the wheels (like those on the front of a push style rotary lawn mower) attached to the bottoms of the legs on the other end.  The legs are 2" x 2" hard maple joined with M&T joints to the top apron members and near the bottom to a perimeter set of stretchers (which also serve as a mounting support for a shelf to store accessories or what ever, e.g. a couple of Systainers).  Not as big or as powerful as that Jet combo, but much the same idea.

If I had a "lunch box" planers, I'd probably mount it to a similar roll-about stand. I would probably make the top of that stand so it could be rotated to suspend the planer upside down to facilitate storage under a workbench or my table saw.  And I'd make the height so it could double as an extension support for the MFT, table saw or mitre saw.

Dave R.

 

[Eli]

Dewalt makes a rolling stand that (I had) actually worked pretty well. Three wheels, one flicked up and down. The two wheels on the other end were fixed. Very similar to what you described. Stamped steel, but did the job, and was logo'ed if that makes any difference either way.