DeWalt 735X thickness planer - will I survive without a dust collector?

I use a larger shop vac with a cyclone pre-collector bucket. I am shocked it hasn’t clogged yet. That 735 has a fan to assist expelling the chips. Without the vac be prepared to sweep a large portion of the driveway, even worse if its windy.

Nick,
That 735X has a fan assisted blower in it for clearing chips from the cutter head. It is “designed” to be run with or without a collection system. I will say that in years past when running a planer onsite occasionally, I had more issues clogging up a 2.5” vac hose than just running a planer like that without any assistance. My $0.02 is to use no dust collection (outdoors) or a proper 4” or greater dust collector. I’ve never had luck hooking a lunchbox planer up to a shop vac. YMMV… they do make a mess.

-- Tyler - Central TX

Great, thanks.

I wouldn’t worry about gumming up the machine. The DW735 has a motor fan built in to assist in dust removal. You can even hack it to use the planner as the power for the rest of your dust collection systems. (or so I’ve read).

It will make a horrible mess in your driveway though. If you want to keep saw dust from blowing all over your Azalea’s then a shop vac will work just fine. I have my DW734 hooked up to a vac, not a DC, and have no issues.

make sure to check that reclaimed wood real well for nails and such before pushing it through the machine!

-- ~Walker

I don’t type fast enough.

-- ~Walker

Yeah, I won’t be using anything with nails. Thanks.

Now I have to look up how to use the planer for dust collection. Sounds interesting.

Worked with a friend who has the DW735. He used a simple trash can lid separator from Woodcraft to catch the output of planer, without any other device connected. When chips blow out top, it needs emptied. :-)

Dewalt sold several different dust collection hose accessories for that planer. One was nothing more than hose, and cloth cap that used draw string to attach to top of trash can. Here is pic of clone from LJ:

https://www.lumberjocks.com/comments/4278417

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Well, you’re going to need a dust collector for the tablesaw, jointer, bandsaw etc.
Yes this one tool can operate without one. I occasionally forget to turn on the dust collector when I fire up the planer. As long as I open the blast gate, everything works fine. That little internal fan has enough power to blow chips up through metal 6” mains on the ceiling. Amazing.

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

Okay, thanks for the tips.

pintodeluxe, I roll the table saw and jointer out to the driveway when I use them, and my tiny shop vac works fine for the bandsaw.

But yeah, I’ve been looking at various things like that trash can thing. One guy just connected a bag to his, and it was working fine.

Meanwhile I have to get the top off the damn thing to realign it so the height adjustment works (it’s stuck down and the crank doesn’t raise it, making it hard to get the top off). It doesn’t look complicated, but there are lots of things to remove!

It use to be that DeWalt pushed their dust collection assist device, then they were almost never seen, and now they are back. It’s essentially a cloth sack, on the end of a 4” tubing. I’ve been using 735’s for fine cleanup since they were first made, and it’s the only dust collection I’ve ever used on one. Never have had an issue do so either.

Buy one here.

https://www.ereplacementparts.com/dust-bag-p-82496.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpq_0gKCy6QIVjODICh04vwurEAQYASABEgIIofD_BwE

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Occasionally I will use the bag from my leaf blower for my 735 if I’m doing it in the garage with the door closed. Else I just have other blow into a bush in my yard.

The above link is a dust bag for miter saws….

Here’s my evolution of dust collectors for the same model. The box with screen worked okay but I had to re-tape it every time I emptied it. The grain bag solved that problem but was too porous. The felt bag (<$20 from HD) is perfect.

THickness planers make shavings not dust. It works fine without anything additional. It was designed to be used “portable” as it has an internal fan to blow stuff out.
FWIW,
Canvas bags are chip collectors, not dust collectors. They do not catch the fine dust that kills you, only the big stuff you won’t have to sweep up.

I used dryer vent pipe into a garbage can before I had a dust collector. It worked fine.