DEWALT Planer, Thickness Planer, 13-Inch, 3 Knife for Larger Cuts, Two Speed 20,000 RPM Motor, Corded (DW735)

Purchased on sale after years of procrastination. Delivered quickly. Well packed. 105 lbs in the box. Get help! Easy set up runs great. Took small bites. Leaves a very smooth finish. The dust collection works well with a 4 to 2 1/2. Had to use a bare hose for the 2 1/2 port. I use a 2 1/2 shop vac with a cyclone on a 30 gal metat drum. Very efficient. The 4 inch would work but the 2 1/2 port on the planer restricts the flow. Very happy. Ordered a hose adapter to make it easier.

Delivery was a full week late but that was no fault of Amazon. The original delivery company subbed out the package to a 2nd company and they didn't want to drive all the way out here for just this one item. But it arrived in great condition. Reading some other reviews I opened the box and immediately took the planer apart to check for excess lubricant. I wiped down the knives with a clean rag. I doubt there was enough to cause any problems with my project but it was noticeable. Straight out of the box this thing is beautiful to look at! I built a new 2'x4' work bench to attach it to with a roller from HF set at the same level as the infeed table. I felt safer with this than just a stand because this is going to be used mostly outside the shop. I think the work table will be more stable setting in the yard than a small stand would be. After bolting it down to the work surface I just sat and admired it for about an hour. It looked to pretty to dirty it up with wood. Warning!!! The blades are beyond razor sharp. Use a small peice of stock to rotate the knife head as instructed. I didn't and quickly got red blotches on my beautiful yellow machine. My first project was a 24"x40" toy chest for the grandkids. Ran some cured rough cut pine through it ripped down to 6" wide peices. This is my first big planer so I didn't know what to expect. After a couple passes on each side the wood came out glass smooth and ready for stain. The planer does a fantastic job and is really much easier to use than I expected. All the gauges and instructions make this great for a novice user. It is loud and creates a lot of shavings so I was right about putting it outside rather than using it in the shop. After I get wheels on the bench I am confident I will be able to move it around by myself. I have over 1500' of rough cut pine drying out that will be planed in 8'-12' sections. I look forward to several hours of work/fun with this machine. The planer is heavy, 100 lbs by itself. It is compact but extremely stable so use on a concrete floor shop shouldn't cause you any tipping problems. The machine does all the work for you. Just insert the wood a couple inches and it takes over. Wood chips fly feet out the ejection port. Makes a really smooth finish on setting #2. I don't think I will ever need to use setting #1 for the type of things I build. I don't really know that anyone would need to use #1 unless you worked a lot with hard woods. This is a very expensive tool that does an oustanding job of cutting wood down to a smooth surface. I would highly recommend it for that purpose. Can't say enough good things about it so far.

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".

The finish quality is outstanding - boards come out smooth and consistent with minimal snipe, especially when using the two-speed feed option. The cutterhead design, dust collection, and overall build quality feel a step above other planers in this class. Setup was simple, and the machine is surprisingly quiet for what it does. Paired with a good dust collector, chip extraction is excellent. I’ve run everything from pine to hard maple through it, and the planer handles it without bogging down. It’s not the cheapest planer, but you absolutely get what you pay for: power, precision, and reliability. If you’re looking for a serious upgrade to your shop, this is a fantastic choice.

Absolute beast of a planer! Super accurate and very durable! Very easy to set up with the in feed and out feed tables just have to make sure they are level to ensure no snipe at all. Very heavy so having it in a stationary spot or on a moveable base is a good idea. Using a dust seperator like the dust deputy is also a must as this puts off wood chips and fills a 5 gallon bucket fast. The blades are easy to clean and sharpen as well. Static discharge has been my only problem so far with this planer more due to low humidity in shop. Love that this is also an upgradable planer with options like helix blade and digital gauge easily addable. Price is expensive but you’re getting quality for what you pay for and this is a one and done purchase if you need a bench planer. Handles pine to reclaimed chestnut very good!

Great Planer. Heavy, so built a stand (on wheels) to move it around in my garage. But the Planer works very well. Has 2 speed settings, and adjustable thicknes. Will also need a dust collector. The Planer has a place to connect a hose to it, but suggest running the hose to a dust collector bag. The one I bought came with 2 sets of knives, and both knives were double sided. So if they get dull, can turn them over or replace with the 2nd set of knives. Overall the Dewalt Planer is very well made and works well. Highly recommend it.

First impression: Right out of the box this looks and feels like a quality item. (This is my second one ordered. Thanks FedEx. First one was lost in transit. No thanks UPS) Just a couple of minor issues. The instructions are very minimal but set up is pretty straight forward. Issues: The out-feed tables weren't flat with the bed and needed to be properly aligned. No instructions for that but it is pretty obvious. The adjustment screws were 4mm hex but the provided wrench is #30 torx ??? WTF, why not all be the same. And the out-feed tables were not flat across the width but were cupped in the middle. Probably not an issue...we'll see. Also the out-feed tables are bare metal which may be an issue on the jobsite. Are they SS? I don't know. They are magnetic. Maybe I'll paint the under side and keep the top oiled. Finally the spot for the included wrench/tool is just a hole in the top of the unit for it to rattle around in and fall out. A job for duct tape but geez. More after I run a few feet.

This is a good product works fine for me. The only issue is the chip discharge needs to be turned to a side location rather than straight back. Facing the board discharge table the dust collection hose becomes and issue with getting into the way of the boards coming threw. How ever its a nice heavy machine.