It was prolly a question borne out of ignorance of what is normal but the
possibility occurred to me. I played with the one at Lowe's and have to
agree the wheel isn't sloppy loose by any means so it will prolly not
happen. But I am a chronic worrier so, , ,s
Thanks for the reply. I am waiting for a place I shop at around here
www.woodworkersparadise.com to let me know something on it but I may get
impatient and just trot on over to Lowe's and plop down the bucks.
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SwampBug
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"Tripper" wrote in message
om...
I haven't noticed that yet, it seems pretty solid. The wheel is pretty
light weight and the handle that sticks out to crank it spins on it's
own axle. The wheel attaches very tightly to the post, which has a
flat side, and then a hex night screws into the post through a hole in
the wheel holding it on. I was putting one board through at a time so
I was pushing one through, lowering the blade, pushing the same one
through, etc etc. I don't know if I ran it without touching the wheel
enough for it to do that. Sometime in the next week or so I will be
running a bunch of 1" boards through taking them down to 3/4". I'll
run them all through at the same height, make the adjustment, and run
then them all through again while checking it after multiple boards. I
never even thought to check for that or ask about it when I was
shopping for planers, does that happen a lot? I'll be keeping an eye
on it and report back if it does. The four upright posts the carriage
moves on are all really thick and threaded so I hope it doesn't. It is
supposed to have automatic carriage lock, but I don't know how it
works. I've never engaged a non-auto lock either so I don't have a
comparison base. None of the sales people would let me actually run
wood through one when I was shopping around.

MT

"SwampBug" wrote in message news:vm8ush85spgoa2@c
orp.supernews.com...
Nice review Tripper, thanks. It is about to appear in my "shop". Just
one
question, if you set the crank wheel with the handle to the side, have
you
noticed a tendency for it to drop(wheel turn) during cutting?

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SwampBug
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"Tripper" wrote in message
om...
Lowes has both the DW734 and DW735 in stock here now for $359 and
$449. I picked up the DW735 friday night.

This is the first planer I have ever owned or used so I don't have
anything for comparison but I like it so far. Out of the box you
attach the hand crank and the dust attachment and you are ready to go.
There are two dust attachments one to attach a 4" hose and another
(diffuser maybe?) for no hose attachment. The directions are pretty
well written and easy to follow. All the adjustments and work on the
unit can be done with the one included tool that drops into a holder
on the top. All the controls work great and are easy to operate.

First let me say again this is the first time I have ever used a
planer so a lot (okay, probably all of the snipe I got was user
error. The more boards I put through the less snipe I got. It took a
little playing around with and reading to learn the correct technique
for moving stock through so I did get snipe on the first bunch of
passes on stock, more frequently on the end of the boards then on the
front. Most of what I put through was between 3 and 6 inches wide and
2-5 feet long. I did put a couple wider ones in just to see how it
handled it. On a 14in long 11in wide hard maple glue up I took off
1/16th per pass and got no snipe or tearout. Then I put through a 10in
wide 4ft long oak board and did get snipe on the end but not the
start. I still think it's technique because it didn't do it on every
pass and when taking off 1/32 I didn't get it at all. The folding
tables aren't out yet, but they will probably help even more. I'm
pretty convinced once I get the proper technique down I won't get
snipe anymore. I'm getting more and more snipe free boards.

I can't say anything bad about the surfaces. I have had zero tearout
and ultra smooth surfaces on everything I have put in no matter what I
do. The most I have taken off is an 1/8in while only taking 1/32in on
the longer boards. Most of the time I had it set to 1/16in. Probably
50% at 1/16, 30% at 1/8, and 20% at 1/32. I put through a pretty good
mix of pine, red oak, hard maple, and ash with most of it being red
oak.

The crank turns easily and each turn is 1/16in. The depth stop is easy
to set and is for 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1, and 1 1/4. The removal scale
is pretty nice as well, you put the end of the board just under the
edge and turn the crank. A little pointer moves on a scale to tell you
how much will be taken off. It has a little chart built in showing the
max that can taken off based on board width, which is nice for me
because I didn't know. The thickness scale is pretty big, easy to
read, and easy to set. I only ran it with my dust collector hooked up
to the 4" port, but it grabbed everything. After running all the wood
through, probably about 4 hours total use, there where 3 little wood
chips beside the bed and that's all - the dust collector had the rest.
The thing I don't like about it is the dust attachment is right in the
center above the outfeed so unless you angle the hose away to the side
with an elbow or suspend it somehow it gets in the way of the stock
coming out. But so far that is my only gripe. This thing is really
loud but I expected that, it's the loudest tool I have. All the scales
and settings where dead on right out of the box. I do wish the folding
tables came bundled. Overall I'm one happy camper.

MT


"Herbster" wrote in message
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"Rick" wrote in message
...
Dunno what the big hush hush is all about. I have literature on
the
two
new
planers. DW734 and DW735. They are going to retail for about 399
and
499
respectively.

I could scan the literature and post it if need be.

Rick

Amazon will have both the 735 and 734 available on the 15th.
Someone asked about photos. Amazon has them online now. The large
ones
show quite a bit of detail.

The DW735 is $479.99 - $25 promotion code (through October 31) =
$454.99
The DW734 is $379.99 - $25 promotion code (through October 31) =
$354.99

Both offer free shipping.

BTW, the DW733 is Friday Sale priced @ $284.99 through midnight.
Minus
$25
= $259.99.
Again with free shipping.

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