DEWALT Thickness Planer, Two Speed, 13-inch, 15 Amp, 20,000 RPM Motor (DW735X)

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.

My son-in-law wanted his planer back, so I had to buy my own.This works nicely. I like the two-speed feed, although I usually keep it in finish mode. The chips clear the planer well, with a significant blast of air. I can connect my 2 1/2" shopvac to the exhaust port.I've had minimal snipe, and I've used it with many species of wood, such as soft pine, hard maple, sapele, Gabon ebony and more than a dozen others.I have not uograded to an aftermarket helical head.The only problem is that the first feed roller may be uneven. When feeding, there is a tendency for the wood to rotate counterclockwise about the vertical axis.

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 DEWALT DW735X is a true workhorse in the shop. With its 15-amp motor and two-speed feed rate, it powers through hardwoods effortlessly and leaves behind a smooth, clean surface, especially on the slower speed setting.I’ve used it on everything from rough-sawn boards to dense hardwoods, and it’s been consistently strong and reliable. The chip ejection system is incredibly powerful, so definitely pair it with a dust collector or strong shop vac to keep your space clean.The stock three-knife cutterhead does a solid job, but if you're planning to use this planer long-term, I’d highly recommend upgrading to a helical (spiral) cutterhead. It reduces tear-out, runs quieter, and blade replacements become much easier and less frequent.Build quality is solid, the 13-inch capacity is generous, and the included infeed/outfeed tables help reduce snipe, though a bit of technique is still needed for longer boards.For hobbyists or small shop professionals, this is a fantastic benchtop planer - and with a cutterhead upgrade, it becomes one of the best in its class.