Ron,

My guess is that, like all blades, bits etc., they will fail right is the
middle of a project...about 8:45pm...on a Saturday night...and ALL the area
hardware stores are closed on Sunday.

As the proud owner of a new DW735, I'm hoping the blades are good for a few
1,000 bdft. Good question though. I'll find out down the road a ways.

DexAZ

"Ron" wrote in message
news:8tS0c.159482$jk2.600489@attbi_s53...
I'm sure the life of planer blades varies with the type of wood, blade
speed, number of blades, etc...

That said how many bf of red oak & cedar should I expect to be able to
plane
before needing to replace/flip blades

Are we talking 100's of bf or over 1000?

ThankX,
Ron