DeWALT - DW735

[troutman]

The dw735 is the best semi-portable planer I have found. There are a few design flaws though. The worsst thing about the 735 is the fan shroud design. very deficient thin plastic, and the exhaust fan eventually throws enough wood chips at the shroud to wear through the super thin plastic and then dust & chips fill the inside of machine binding the height adjustment system causing even more problems. I have two 735`s, and have gone through 4 sets of shrouds. Also difficult to keep the planer head, and complete top of machine, parrallel with the table. The service center had no idea how to make this adjustment, there is nothing in manual, we had to figure out on our own. one side could be off by as much as 15/1000 to the other.

[Bob]

Would you mind sharing how you made the adjustment?

[Gary]

Could you please tell me how to reset the adjustment----mine does the same thing and now I can't raise or lower!

[Houston]

I too have the same problem. I can run a 3" wide board thru the left side, then run it thru again in the middle and cut some more, then run it thru again on the right side and cut some more. Would really appreciate you sharing what you did to correct this.

[randamadee]

. crank all the way up and measure the distance to the table to post mounts on all 4 posts. if any measurement is different then you have to adjust so there is no skew. i found by removing the base with he 4 allan screws on the bottom. the depth guage has to come off too. give the base a tap with a hammer to get it off and once off you will find that each post will spin independantly of the other. i spun each one until they all shared the same measurement then screwed the base back on. no more skew for me anyway, however i have heard somewhere else someone having this problem(i think it was a site called lumberjocks) and there was a screw loose on the inside around one of the posts, but to get at it the so much has to be removed. i would try the first rememdy i mentioned, and if not then at least ya know where you got to go.