Benchtop Planer, 15-Amp, 12-1/2-Inch, 3-Knife Cutter, 20,000 RPM, Corded (DW734)

First, a little praise for Amazon. $25.00 discount, free shipping, and free set of spare knives (didn't even know these were included.), resulted in a delivered price of [...]. That's the best deal in town, especially when you consider the free [...] knives. Now, the planer. It's heavy. Really heavy. But that's a good thing. It took only 10 minutes to set up, read the manual, and make my first sawdust. Initial results were excellent. Glass-smooth surfaces on White Oak, Poplar, and Red Oak. Minimum snipe limited to ends of board. No snipe detected elsewhere. Nice fit & finish. Decent manual. Good ergonomics. Plenty powerful. So far, highly recommended. I'll update after a few hundred board feet. UPDATE - 2 Years Later I'm still very pleased. I've put in excess of 1000 bf through the planer now. It hasn't missed a beat. Unbelieveably, I'm still on my first set of knives. They are a little nicked now due to some hard maple I put through it a few weeks ago, but I'm not yet sufficiently motivated to change them. This machine has served me well, and shows no signs of slowing down. It still ranks 5 stars. UPDATE - 1 Week since Last Update I broke down and turned the knives over. I cut myself in the process. Clumsy! A few cuts after freshening the knives made it obvious that I should have done this some time ago. The planer performs like new. Still 5 stars. Update - At 4 Years Still 5 stars. I turn or replace the knives every 6 months or so. The knives don't like Hard Maple, but all other species do fine (including Walnut & Oak). The results delivered by this planer are excellent. Update - At 6 Years Still going strong. Just added a Wixey digital readout that I got from Amazon. Still 5 stars. Update - At 12 Years Still going strong. Feed rollers started to slip, so I cleaned them with a stiff brush and alcohol. Worked like a champ. Back to 100% function. Obviously a great planer. Update - At 15 Years Seriously. 15 years. My kid is now grown and off to college. The planer still delivers. I planed some Walnut a couple days ago. Fantastic results. Clearly, I got my money worth. Would buy another in a minute should the need arise. Update - At 19 Years The planer and I have grown old together. It functions far better than I do. The only problem I’ve had is a broken tab on the dust collection fitting. That’s trivial, considering all the use this machine has had. A great product.

This is my first thickness planer and I have run approximately 10 BF through this thing. I know, it's almost all the wood in the world. THAT SAID- Out of the box, it ran beautifully and the knives are very sharp. Super smooth finish. Very easy to operate. Just spend about 5-10 minutes screwing around with it and you'll totally understand it. There definitely is 2" of snipe on either side, but as I learn how to feed the boards a little better I think that can be minimized. I bought this to speed up the process of building a new workbench to replace the hand me down monstrosity that came with my garage... I can already tell this will be a huge help. I will try to come back and update the review over time. UPDATE: After one session running about 384 linear feet of 2x4s and 320 linear feet of 2x6s (building a workbench out of Doug. Fir lumber from the big box store), I can say this is a great little machine. It doesn't seem to have any problem taking a 1/16" cut off a 6" wide board. Once you get the hang of feeding boards through it properly there is literally no snipe. It's a little more difficult with boards shorter than the beds. That will take some practice. One really annoying issue though- the dust port clogs really easily if you don't have a DC hooked up to it. After about 10 passes it seems to get clogged and it begins to shoot all the shavings out the front of the machine. I have a 1hp DC, but I don't have a separator on it yet so it gets clogged almost instantly when using the planer.

Very good quality, it was what I was waiting for, I used it and it works perfectly, good material and good finishes, I recommend it 100%.

This was the first planer that I have purchased and I am happy that I went with this brand and model. It made easy work of having to plain 3/4" stock down to 1/2". The planer feeds the wood smoothly through the cutting blades. I had no issues with it.

I have used this a few times and it works great. The wood comes out smooth and even. No issues

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Quality and works well

En general es muy buena maquina, solo hay que afinar bien los ajustes, sobre todo el de el espesor, venia descalibrado por aprox 1mm, la perilla de topes preestablecidos no es precisa, tambien varian por hasta 1mm, el problema es que esta no hay manera de ajustarla, el costo puede parecer elevado pero la calidad y el tiempo del trabajo final vale lo que cuesta, si quieres hacer muebles o productos finos de madera natural esta maquina es indispensable, solo para gente que sabe la diferencia, se debe tener cuidado con la profundidad de cepillado para no forzar la maquina sobre todo en maderas duras, es mejor ir cepillando poco a poco, el manual trae una tabla que indica las recomendaciones de profundidad de desbaste, en conclusion es buena herramienta, la compre de importacion y llego antes de lo indicado y en perfectas condiciones, completamente nueva

Almost Perfect, a few things could use improvement like another depth stop on the left side of the machine. i noticed that when using the 3/4" and 1/2" depth stop if i put a little to much pressure on the stop while lowering the blades so it would be a fraction of an inch lower on the side without the stop, kind of annoying when trying to do a glueup of panels and the thicknesses are off it just creates more work. great planer but if your buying it from amazon, save up and buy the dw735 as the price difference is worth it, as im pretty sure they address that issue, but i could be wrong. oh and the rollers dont pull your workpiece through when its cold outside, at least I think thats my issue.