Cabinet for my DW735 Planer

You’ve done a very nice job on the cabinet/stand for the thickness Matt…. I’ve love one but space is an issue….
I have to take mine out into the yard and yes the chip exhaust is huge….
Well done!!

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thanks Crowie. My shop is 1/2 of my garage. So everything is mobile and on carts so that I get everything out of the way if needed.

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I think if I make any modification to this cabinet, I might go back and add a shelf at the bottom for storage and not have such a large area for chip collection. But I need to see how fast this thing fills up after a day of planing.

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Very well done

Very nice job. It looks great and seems quite functional.

thanks guys

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Matt, you have a real winner there. Unwanted chips and saw dust floating around the shop are never desirable. DOH! I’m a bit confused – are all the chips going into the box passively or do you have a dust collector hooked up to pull the waste in?

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Ron,

there is no dust collector hooked up. The DW735 has a powerful chip exhaust on it. Works like a reverse dust collector. That’s what the hose is connected to. So far, i’d say there is no need for using an actual dust collector with this planer.

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Looks really nice. If you are doing any rough material planning, your chips will build quickly.

How are you going to empty your collection bin?

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Matt, it looks great! I like the pull out extension you added. A good point about adding storage. I have yet to fill mine to the point that I need to empty it

Mike, I put a 10” tall door on the back side of the cabinet (shown in picture #3) that I can open and stick my dust collector’s hose into to suck out all the chips.

I need some use over time to figure out how long it will take to get a good amount of shavings built up so I know how often I will actually have to do this.

I built in what I think is a LOT of capacity inside the cabinet for holding chips. We will see, though.

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good work Matt. My dewalt arrives via Amazon Wednesday morning. I was trying to figure out how I needed to configure my DC to accommodate the new beast… didn’t realize it has a built-in blower. They don’t even advertise that. This is great news. I was glad to see my delta lunchbox leave the garage… that thing was a mess and changing blades was a nightmare. Keep posting man. Btw, you probably live real close to me. I’m in Brentwood (near Concord and Nolensville). Best, Buck

Thanks Kelly. I appreciate it. Your cabinet made it so easy for me to draw something functional up in Sketchup. You provided the inspiration and a few basic design features to get this thing built.

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Buck,

when I first built the cabinet, I didnt have any kind of lock on the “back door” where I access the chips. It was just a friction fit. The first time I turned on the planer it blew, and I mean blew the door open. I thought I had done something wrong and broken the planer! Then I saw that the loud thwack came from the door flying open.

This thing ejects chips the way a snow blower ejects snow. If I ran it without any kind of hose on the planer I bet it would throw chips 25 to 30 feet.

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Buck, I live in the Sullivan Farms development off of Mack Hatcher.

Good to hear from a neighbor and fellow lumberjock!

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