DW735 Portable Thickness Planer Review
The DeWalt DW735 is a compact portable thickness planer with all the features you need in a planer, and if you don't mind it's weight, it is as good job-site use as it is for the small production shop
Despite its weight, this compact tool is easy to carry and has all the features I want in a planer with none of the chintzy bells and whistles. The built-in dust chute has a powerful blower that ejects chips into a snap-on dust-collection adapter or through a flat port if no dust collection is used. The 19-in.-long cast-aluminum bed can be extended to longer than 3 ft. with DeWalt’s aftermarket extensions. Instead of an inverted pin, the DW735 uses a more accurate full-length bar to indicate the infeed depth of cut. The preset depth gauge ranges from 1⁄8 in. to 11⁄4 in., and a board run through with the depth set at 1⁄2 in. yielded a digital caliper reading of 0.509 in. The side-mount depth-adjustment crank is sturdy and operates smoothly. Other than the small amount of snipe visible on the infeed end of test boards, this tool produced the smoothest surfaces of all the planers, regardless of cutting speed. Changing the blades is a simple procedure done with a T-handle hex driver stored in the lid. This machine is accurate enough for a small production shop, and if you don’t mind the weight, it’s definitely durable enough for job-site use.
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