looking for feedback on Infinity knives for a Dewalt 735 planer

Hi,

I've been using my 735 for about a year, but have really not put much through it yet. I started planing some maple the other day, and only go a few boards through it when I started to noticed "ridges". I spot-checked the blades while they were still in the machine and did not see any noticable dings in them, but the dings must be there because I never had ridges before.

I loosened the blades and shifted two to the left and one to the right (they move side to side a little bit). That made a big difference, but I don't expect that to last for too long (have more maple to run through it). I starting reading more details about the "factory blades" that come with it (most of it negative) and then noticed that Infinity has both high-speed steel and carbide blades for it. The carbide are a little out of my price range right now (about $250), but the HSS are only about $60.

I've seen a few mentions of the Infinity blades on the net, but not as much as I would expect if they really are significantly better than the factory Dewalt replacements. I'm willing to take a chance for $60 (assuming they're at the least comparable to the Dewalt versions).

Anyone have any real experience with any of the Infinity blades for the Dewalt 735?

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Tom
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Tom,

I have not installed my infinity blades yet but the shipping was quick and communication good.

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cm
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According to the web site, they started shipping the week of Nov 10, which is, ummm, just about now, so it seems unlikely anyone could have much experience with them.

Also note that these have one cutting edge, the DeWalt's are reversible. So it is possible you won't get more effective time with the Infinity blades before they need to be sharpened. If they are sharpened, how much fiddling will you have to do to install them, vs. dropping in a new set of DeWalt blades?

If you get them and once you have experience with them, I'd like to hear how they pan out.

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Jim Weisgram
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Uh, scratch that. The web site picture shows a single edge, but the description says these are reversible.

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Jim Weisgram

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[...snip...] Hmm, scratch that too. I guess they have been out for a while, according to this:

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down to Jerome's posting on March 10 at 3:30 am.

I guess when it is time for me to replace mine, I will probably get the Infinity blades, as they don't cost much extra.

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Jim Weisgram

don't have a planer, but all the router bits I bought from them are top-notch... I would risk it!

shelly

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sheldon.mandel

I decided to give the Infinity blades a try, so I ordered them this week. I'll be interested to see how they compare to the Dewalt blades. Still surprised there are not more reviews of the Infinity blades out there? I would have thought that someone was making a killing on replacement blades for the 735, based on some of the scathing reviews I've read about the Dewalts....

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Tom

Tom,

There were some good reviews on sawmillcreek.org

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I decided to give the Infinity blades a try, so I ordered them this week. I'll be interested to see how they compare to the Dewalt blades. Still surprised there are not more reviews of the Infinity blades out there? I would have thought that someone was making a killing on replacement blades for the 735, based on some of the scathing reviews I've read about the Dewalts....

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