DWE734 Dewalt benchtop thickness planer $440 (Reg $549) after PM with Lowes

hoody123 wrote: ↑ Good price here. I actually just grabbed the Ridgid thickness planer last week. I'd have probably grabbed this had it been this price at the time. I did loads of research prior to having grabbed my Ridgid planer, it came down to the Ridgid, this Dewalt or the Dewalt 735. The 735 isn't all it's cracked up to be from what I've been able to read, this is a great price for a lunchbox planer.

hoody123 wrote: ↑ Good price here. I actually just grabbed the Ridgid thickness planer last week. I'd have probably grabbed this had it been this price at the time. I did loads of research prior to having grabbed my Ridgid planer, it came down to the Ridgid, this Dewalt or the Dewalt 735. The 735 isn't all it's cracked up to be from what I've been able to read, this is a great price for a lunchbox planer.

RookieCookie wrote: ↑ Appologize for stealing your thread, but from my research, the Dewalt DW735 is hands down the best hobbyist planer out there (not considering high-end and commercial planers). I bought the DW735 two years ago and it has been flawless and everything as advertised. It's too bad the DW735 is usually priced at like $699 or higher.

hoody123 wrote: ↑ Not my thread, but by and large, the 734's internals are the same as the 735's although admittedly the thickness mechanism <seems> to be better on the 735 but many reviewers contend that if something goes wrong with the 735 it's more challenging to address. but, beyond the listed price difference between the 734 and 735, it's actually bigger because the 735 doesn't have infeed and outfeed tables. I know the 735 is capable of more CPI than the 734, but the consensus seems to be the 734 gets it to a smoothness level that you're going to comfortable going to handsanding immediately, and the 735 doesn't save that step That said, I don't think you can go wrong either way.

As to the Ridgid, I've got the R4331 and a buddy has the R4330 and his seems to be quite a bit louder than mine, so maybe the loudness complaints are about the 4330? Regardless, I have on substantial hearing protection when I operate mine and I live in the middle of nowhere so no neighbours to bother.

Jon Lai wrote: ↑ Yeah, with the outfeed tables you're looking at $150-200 price difference when it's on sale. The DW735 can generally be had in the low 500's on sale - search RFD. The tables are about $60-70 on sale.

I think the upgrade is worth it IMO. The dust collection is a lot better with the internal blower and having 4 posts instead of 2 makes a big difference in terms of stability.

Ghiness wrote: ↑ Great planer. Got it a few months ago on a similar sale. Only downside is the dust collection, it's horrible and will jam up if you use their dust shroud. I just let it open and let the wood chips fly everywhere and prepare myself to sweep.