I've been looking at planers for some time. Recently my object of lust has been the DW 735 - less for the 2 speed function than for all the other nice stuff about it. As usual I have been looking to see if I can find a great deal that I can persuade my wife to let me buy. In the process I have discovered something - *no one* has it on any kind of discount. It is $499 everywhere I have looked, either retail at a local store or online. I guess it is so much in demand that list price is the selling price. I did find a factory reconditioned one for $399, so I may try to jump that way. All I need to do now is convince her that it is OK for me to sell the guitar she bought me for my last birthday and turn it into a planer. Wish me luck.
Tim Douglass