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05-22-2007, 08:20 PM
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Name: dave City: Youngsville State: NC County: Franklin Join Date: Apr 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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many of you have stated dewalt is a good piece!  would love to buy used, but running out of time and patience. first project will be planing about 1200-1500 bdft of poplar to trim home I'm about to build! then will be used less sparingly.  dave |  
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05-22-2007, 08:22 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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check out Mr. Campbells dewalt for $250...good deal w/ all those blades | |
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05-22-2007, 08:32 PM
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Name: dave City: Youngsville State: NC County: Franklin Join Date: Apr 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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735 may be better for what i need then the 733. may be why he upgraded.
anyone have a opinion! i have alot more planing to do that involves hardwoods! is 733 alot better then the small 12 1/2 delta? cause that delta struggles! | |
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05-22-2007, 08:34 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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i've got the 733 and no problems here, only problem i have is overloading the circuit, we only have one circuit for everything in the basement. but the 733 plows through everything I've thrown at it... the 735 was just a little too high for me...he's getting rid of it b/c he just got a 20" Jet planer...don't think it was b/c of the fact he didn't like the dewalt
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05-22-2007, 08:38 PM
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Name: dave City: Youngsville State: NC County: Franklin Join Date: Apr 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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ooo im not saying he didnt like it. i read post on 20 " planer. how much wood at one time can u plane with it before it needs a rest!? they dont even show the 733 on dewalt web page! | |
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05-22-2007, 08:41 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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the manual says it can handle 1/8" per pass...but I haven't pushed it that far...generally around a 1/16" on a 12" wide board...bogs it down a little but she never stops..if I'm planing I don't stop until I'm done, should I be giving the planer a break? | |
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05-22-2007, 09:13 PM
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Name: Rob City: Hendersonville State: NC County: Henderson Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 66 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 30 days | Re: in need of planer!
Dave,
I've had my Dewalt DW733 planer for more than 6 years and it has been a faultless workhorse for me. I have planed everything from Red and White Oak to Birch to Poplar and Cherry. I had a nick in one blade after about 3 years of use (from a small piece of nail embedded in a pallet board that I missed seeing with my metal detector) and I was able to work around the nick for 2 more years -- I have planed as much as 120 BF of white oak at a session, with multiple passes, without every tripping the motor reset or popping a breaker. I normally take a 1/2 turn pass at a time (1/32") and the resulting surfaces are slick (I've never taken 1/8" passes, but it handles 1/16" passes without bogging down). I have a 4" dust hood on it and collect chips with a separator. Just changed knives a month ago and it took less than 20 minutes. It is a good machine and if you support the board well on both the infeed and outfeed side, snipe is minimal.
I'd go for the one for sale on the site from Allan Campbell before it disappears!
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05-22-2007, 09:14 PM
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Name: Fern HollowMan City: Franklinton State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.13 over 30 days | Re: in need of planer!
Everybody and everything needs a break from time to time, especially hobby quality stuff. Stop, listen to Hank Williams Sr sing Your Cheatin' Heart and let the stuff cool.
Then put Patsy on.
And smile.
Jim
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05-22-2007, 10:25 PM
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Name: Jack City: Rolesville State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Apr 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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All the money you have Dave, just go out and buy one | |
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05-22-2007, 10:52 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by fernhollowman  Everybody and everything needs a break from time to time, especially hobby quality stuff. Stop, listen to Hank Williams Sr sing Your Cheatin' Heart and let the stuff cool.
Then put Patsy on.
And smile.
Jim In other words Don't Worry Be Happy?
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05-22-2007, 11:06 PM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I 2nd what McRabbet said. The 733 is a work horse. I have had one for over 5 years and never had any problem with it. I have planed all the wood for two sets of kitchen cabinets, 4 sets of bathroom vanities and the trim for 2 houses and many other projects with it. For $250 and 2 extra sets of blades you should jump on it NOW. My $.02.
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05-23-2007, 07:38 AM
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Name: Jim City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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This discussion got me thinking. Does having the airflow from your dust collection running keep the motor cooler? So that you could run longer without the potentail of overheating? | |
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05-23-2007, 09:31 AM
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Name: Todd Vaughn City: Holly Springs State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 34 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I would be all over this planer but I just got a good deal on an <2 yr old jet cabinet saw (with 7' rails and extension table) and I need a month or so to acquire a few more funds.
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05-23-2007, 09:36 AM
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Name: Mark City: Vass State: NC County: Moore Join Date: May 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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i was just looking at the one for sale, with two sets of blades, jump on it, the blades are close to $50 a set and the planer has done a lot of work for me with no problems (i have the same model) | |
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05-23-2007, 09:51 AM
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Name: Mark City: Concord State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jim,
If the 733 is like my 735 the motor has a fan sucking a bunch of air through the planer to assist with chip ejection. I don't think overheating the motor would be an issue. I also connect mine to my cyclone but when I demo'd the planer it was open to the outside and it shot chips ~10ft away!
I don't put large boards through mine because I think it's not necessary and wastes a lot of wood. I rough cut the pieces, joint, plane, final dimension cut and assemble. The longest pieces are generally less than 4ft. | |
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