help/advice with new DW-734

Mike,

You really do need a dust collector with that and even then it throws some chips back at you.

Bob S.

Not as good as a dust collector, but have you tried hooking a shop vac. up to the planer. I have the same planer and this works rather well.

Bill

Remove the dust hood, take the machine outside, and spew away. Tom >Subject: help/advice with new DW-734

Someday, it'll all be over....

I have a Delta but same experience...you get a ton of chips with even the smallest cut. DC fills up too fast to deal with so I put a trash can in front of it to catch 80% then sweep up the rest. These are chips and not "dust" so find a "kiddy" snow shovel to save your back as you sweep it up.

I have the 734 and have a rather large shop vac hooked up to it. Works great, but fills up fast. So make sure you empty it routinely and clean the filter. I have not had any problems in that scenario.

I have a separator inline with my dc. When I use my dw 733ex it doesn't take long to fill the 50 gallon drum with nice shavings. I let my neighbors take all the shavings they want for their gardens and even better...find someone with rabbits...they make great underlay for catching the "rabbit poop!

Cheers

John

BTW..the DW733EX is the export model...uses 240 volts and 50 hz.

Ditto on the shop Vac.

Any idea's or advice other then buying a dust collection

Mount it to something and use it upside down. (???)

-- Mark