[lew]

Topo-
If you opt for the 735, get or make a chip collection device unless you like cleaning wood chips from every possible nook and cranny of your shop (don't ask how I know this!)

I read somewhere it is not recommended to connect this planer to your dust collector.

 

[HorizontalMike]

Topo,
Why not consider the Ridgid R4330? It has the same 3-blade 4-post cutterhead design as the DW735 and at just $369 at the despot (vs $599 for the DW735) it's a steal! AND it comes standard with infeed/outfeed ramps that will cost you extra on the DW735.

I have had the R4330 for the past 3 months and it works well. I have not used either the DW734 or DW735.

 

[SnowyRiver]

Topa…You can use a dust collector with the 735. I use one and it works great. The chip ejector really pushes the chips into the dust collector pipe which quickly sucks them up. I think the thing that Lew might have read is they dont recommend using a shop vac with it as a dust collector simply because the shop vac doesnt have the capacity to handle the chips coming out of the planer.

 

[TopamaxSurvivor]

Thanks for the input guys, I was thinking about the Ridgid in a previous post. It doesn't have their lifetime guarantee, then I noticed it has the same bed as the 734. The 735 has a much bigger stationary bed. They are all good machines, no doubt. Does the Ridgid have the auto head lock like the D 735?

 

[WalkerTexasRanger]

I have the same question that was asked back in 2010. Does anyone have any updated comments since 2010? Dewalt 734 v. 735 planer? Thanks