kleptic

I ordered a dw735 planer and I'm wondering if I should order the dewalt table extension attachment for 50 bucks or just build my own.

I saw the fww article about a shopmade planer table
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworki....aspx?id=25269

I don't have a jointer so I'm going to be making a sled that I will be using with the planer quite a bit.

I guess the options are either the dewalt tables and some roller stands or build my own planer table. I don't think there will be a huge cost difference whatever way I go with but I don't really want to go with both options since I'd rather save my tool money up for the next big tool purchase.

so what do you guys think will suit my needs better?

thanks
km

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harrysin

In my usual humble opinion, a planer sold without in and out-feed tables is like buying a car without a spare wheel, they are both essential items. I would seriously consider sending it back and exchanging it for a Delta.

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bobj3

Hi km

I made one for my planer and other members have also,,,the one I added works great

just as a side note, the dw735 13" puts the Delta to shame...
In my humble opinion

I have the Grizzly with the 10" fold out tables...I have been looking around for a good used 18" one.

http://www.routerforums.com/tools-wo...aner-jigs.html



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kleptic

reminds me of my first car. technically it came with a spare but the bolt pattern on my spare was different than my car. wasn't a very fun day finding that out the hard way. I think the analogy is kind of flawed though because lots of people do build their own planer table and nobody I know has ever built a spare tire instead of buying one.

I did quite a bit of reading on the planers before I decided on one. From what I've read the dewalt a top notch planer. I don't have a dust collection unit yet and was thinking about hooking up the shop vac to it and the built in blower sounded like something that might be beneficial to my situation right now. the delta doesn't have that to my knowledge. also the dewalt has a 50 buck mail in rebate right now so that helped my decision a little also.

thanks for the links bob. one of the articles I found in the thread you linked showed how to do tapered legs with the planer. since I don't have a table or band saw yet that was something very good to know!

I want to build a stand with locking casters of some kind for my planer so that I can easily roll it outside and do most of my planing there since I don't have dust collection yet. I'm leaning towards not getting the dewalt tables and just building my own at the same time I'm building the stand.

I think I'm going to just make the stand longer so that it supports the custom planer table for the full length of it so thats its nice and sturdy. I had thought about drop leaf type wings but I think making the leafs be sturdy enough in the up position might be hard and could make snipe more likely if they have any give to them.

how long do you think the planer tables should come out from each side of the planer?

bobj3

Hi KM

The longer the better,,, but they do get in the way alot..I would say not less than 2 ft on each end on the planer..


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Glenmore

km I have the 733 dw planer has the folding tables. Personally I would go with building my own the extra length you would have to worry about snipe. Snipe is when the board comes to the end of the cut and the board will lift from hanging a little to far and lifts the remaing that is still in the planer. But if I had the room I would build myself an extention table so I would have to run around the other side to pick up that little bit or have my son on the other side catching boards but that is the way I have to do it for now. Good luck with 735 heard a lot of good reviews and if works half as much as mine you are going to love it.

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bennybbc

You could do that but then you'd be getting an inferior planer. The DW735 has consistently been the most popular lunchbox planers on the woodworking forums. Sending it back would be cutting off your nose to spite your face. If you really liked that car you wouldn't buy something inferior to it just because you didn't want to spend a few bucks more for the spare, would you?

I do agree that some sort supplemental infeed and outfeed support is needed for the Dewalt and it's really easy to make something that works very well. Or buying the $50 Dewalt tables is another option. I built a rolling cart with drawers and folding infeed and outfeed tables. It works very well. there are lots of ideas and plans available if you do a little searching on the internet. I used some folding shelf brackets that I got from Home Depot. To get the tables level I shimmed the brackets. I made the tables longer than I probably need them so if I were to do it again I'd make them a little shorter. I could just cut them off I suppose but I do like to be able to place a longer board onto the infeed table, get it started into the planer and then not have to hold it like you would with the standard length tables. I think mine are about 3' long each. Keep the planer. Either buy the extra tables or build your own. You won't regret it.

Bruce

harrysin

"the dw735 13" puts the Delta to shame..."

Would you learned gentlemen please explain why, to a simpleton like me who, like our senior moderator Mike has owned and worked hard, mainly with West Australian hardwoods, a Delta for over eight trouble-free years. I'm also led to believe that in the USA there is a cost saving with the Delta.

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kleptic

well I decided to combine my 2 ideas and have the actual cart be about a foot longer than the planer on each side then I'll do 2 foot long fold up tables on each side. I need to find some high quality folding shelf brackets though. I'll check the home centers I guess unless somebody knows of some good ones online. I also need to find some quality locking casters to use.

so let me know if you guys have any more tips for this project!

once the planer gets here and I can take some measurements I'll try to get something drawn up in sketchup.

curiousgeorge

KM,
Unless you have a 50 gallon shop vac, don't even think about it... come to think about it even if you do, don't even think about it. I have a DC hooked up to my DW735 and it blows so much chips/dust that even the DC gets jammed up... so just imagine what it would do to a poor little shop vac.

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