DEWALT Thickness Planer, Two Speed, 13-Inch (DW735X)

Excellent planer with lots of power. Dust extraction is very strong so dust collection of some sort is a must. Snipe is minimal if any and finish is glass smooth. Best value is buying the pkg with the tables and extra blades.

Es facil de operar y tiene buena presentación y de buena calidad, aunque no he tenido oportunidad de operarla plenamente se ve fuerte y resistente para el desmpeño de trabajos ligeros y semi pesados, notengo mucha experiencia en la carpintería pero creo me va a ser muy util en los trabajos de bricolaje que desarolle. En lo que se refiere a su empaquetadura de traslado me llegó muy deteriorada y creo sé porque, saludos.

I am a hobbyist woodworker who had considered the DW735 for a while. However, I never really had the need for it. Then I found 2 lumber mills in the area, one that sells rough domestic lumber and one that sells rough exotic lumber. That's when it became possible to very quickly recoup the money for the planer through savings on lumber.I decided to buy the DeWalt DW735X because I wanted the infeed/outfeed. The extra set of knives is an attractive addition as well, given the less than stellar reviews of the longevity of the stock knives on this planer.The planer arrived on time and the box was in great condition. It's HEAVY (~90lbs), so either get a friend to help, or get a workout deadlifting the beast! The only things that needed attaching were the dust collection attachment, the infeed/outfeed tables and the wheel for the depth control. All of these items installed with the greatest of ease and I encountered no issues with setup whatsoever.My first test cut was on an extra piece of rough 6/4 ash that I had lying around. This piece had previously been run through a friend's planer, which got it down to thickness, but still left it pretty rough overall. In fact, I was skeptical about the value of any planer after that experience. But on the very first pass through the DW735 the ash came out butter smooth. Literally. The difference between the surface of that board before it went through the DW735 and after was night and day. AND IT HAD BEEN THROUGH A PLANER BEFORE!I hook my ShopVac directly to the dust port, so I can't comment on the strength of the chip ejection. However, I have removed the top in order to check everything out and I can report that there is a substantial fan mounted directly above and behind the knives and just in front of the port, so I have no doubt that the chips created would be tossed a good distance!The first project that I've worked on has been a nice wall shelf made out of solid cherry. I bought ~10 board feet of 4/4 rough lumber that I needed to plane down to 5/8", 1/2" and 3/8" sections. The boards were 4/4 x 8 1/2" x ~74". After squaring and cutting the boards to size, I started planing by removing around 1/32" on each pass. This was taking a while to get down to the desired thicknesses, so I decided to get a little more aggressive. I wasn't doing anything the machine isn't rated to handle...the depth gauge shows that up to 9" wide boards can take as much as 1/16" off on each pass. So I started taking that. The DW735 was working, but not noticing all that much. Things went much faster after that.The results of the planing were astounding. My boards are exactly the thicknesses that I need them and they are SMOOOOOTH! And I only used the 96 CPI setting! I sanded the boards with my random orbital to 220 and they are absolutely perfect. I'm pretty sure that they were already ~100 grit smooth after being planed down, again, on the 96 CPI setting. I'm not sure what grit the 192 CPI setting creates, but I'd be shocked if it was less than 120-150.I have only used the DW735X on a single project. But the ease of set up, the ease of use and the results that I have seen after that single project, along with the savings in lumber costs, have already made me a firm advocate of this planer. If you have access to rough lumber and you work more than a couple of projects per year and you're considering a planer, DO IT! You will not regret the DW735X!The pics are the 2 boards, still rough. The 2nd is a single board before being planed. The last pic is of the different boards I needed, planed to 5/8", 1/2" and 3/8".

La marca es buena el equipo cumple su funcion ademas de tener la posibilidad de actualizar las cuchillas a un nuevo diseño; el vendedor cumplio con su responsabilidad.LO unico malo fue la paqueteria por la cual fue entregado al domicilio (UPS), son pesimos a la hora de entregar y nada honestos en sus comentarios. Amazon busquen una mejor logista para sus entregas, esto no les da una buena razon para habalr bien de ustedes mismos.

I spent a whole year obsessing about what planer I was going to get. I went back and forth between this one, one from oliver, one from rikon, one from wahuda or cutech, trying to justify getting the cheaper one. But just don't. This thing's excellent. I've rarely used a tool that was so intelligently designed and well thought out. Maintenance is a breeze. Most of the machine can be taken apart with the wrench that slots right into the top. Removing the top and the dust shroud to gain access to the blades or other parts takes about 45 seconds. I expect this machine to last for quite a long while.Additionally, its the addons and upgrades you can find for this machine specifically that make it a worthwhile investment. Mine came with two sets of double edged blades. When those are good and worn out, I'll spend the extra $400 for the byrd shelix helical cutter head. There's a digital depth gauge you can purchase for it, and while it may seem an unnecessary addon (you certainly don't *need* it) It really is quite useful. The ability to dial in a thickness and repeat each step accurately is just lovely.The planer is incredibly sturdy, fairly easy to clean and maintain, and has a lot of bulk. If you're looking for a planer you're going to be picking up and moving around often, that may be the only downside between this and a lunchbox style machine. You can pick this one up, for sure, and it has some very convenient hand holds for doing so, but it's not the sort of thing I'd be slinging around often.Anyone shopping for a thickness planer, there's one thing you ought to keep in mind: When you see other planers on the market that advertise a helical cutter head, especially the budget ones, more often than not they are actually using a spiral cutter head. There is a difference, though how significant of one really depends on your use case. But a helical cutter head has each carbide insert pitched at an angle for a shearing cut, and there is (far) more overlap between inserts than on a typical spiral design. So if you are truly after a helical cutter, you're likely going to have to buy an aftermarket upgrade no matter which planer you decide to get, unless you're spending over $1,000 on a planer that actually has one.