Owen Lawrence wrote:


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On Jul 7, 10:05 am, "Owen Lawrence" wrote:
Score one unused DW735 for me, 2nd hand, half price. Woohoo! (BTW, I
based
my choice on what I read here. Thanks for the advice!)

Now the question: This thing throws chips out the back with impunity.
I don't have a dust collector, and I read in the manual that you
shouldn't
hook up a shop vac to it. Do you think if I hosed up one of those
cyclone
lids on a garbage can it would catch much? Could I also add a filter
bag downline and expect the planer blower to drive the whole system?

Thanks.

- Owen -

IIRC the DW735 has blower onboard to remove the chips from the cutter
head, you just have to catch them. Here is an accessory that does
that:

http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DW7353-...3822363&sr=1-2

Though from the picture it should be pretty simple to make your own
from some 4" hose/clamps and a trash can lid.

I just got back from Busy Bee Tools and Princess Auto. Busy Bee had the
accessory you mention for $C65, which didn't seem like a bad alternative
at
all. They've got a couple of low end dust collectors I've been eyeballing
for awhile; maybe next Christmas something'll happen. Princess Auto is
clearing a $100 600CFM dust collector. (The cashier checked their records
and it looks like they're selling about one per day, with 12 left.) I
hate the idea of buying cheap stuff, but there's a severe limit to my
budget, and without doing anything I'll make a big(ger) mess in my
basement shop.

At worst I'll make a cyclone lid like Morris Dovey did, and just not hook
it
up to a shop vac at all. Or maybe add a box where two or three of the
sides
are furnace filters. I don't know. I'm entering the design phase of my
next project so there's no panic just yet.

- Owen -


Or exhaust the cyclone outside the shop in a little building built for the
purpose out of scrap. The amount of chips and dust laying around the
building tell you if your cyclone is stopped up - the more chips the more
it is stopped up. Odd how that worked!

Deb