I Love My Dewalt 735 Planer But......

A couple of years ago, I purchased a Dewalt 735 planer to replace my tired and worn Bridgewood Lunch Box planer. The Dewalt has features not found in the early model bench top machines and I love it. If there could be one improvement, it would be the location of the chip exhaust port. When the chip collection hose is attached, it constantly gets tangled with pieces moving on the outfeed table. I normally use a bungee cord to tie back the hose.

Then a light bulb went on....

I had a 4" x 90° elbow in my collection of dust collector pieces. All that was needed was a method of mating the Dewalt port to the elbow. A piece of wood should work fine.

Starting with a piece of 2x material paper glued to a faceplate on the lathe..

Turn the outside diameter to fit the inside of the elbow and the center to fit over the Dewalt chip port.

Drill the spring button hole and cut the capture pin track...

Separate the piece from the faceplate, at the paper joint...

Cleanup the inside at the oscillating spindle sander and do a little modification to prevent the piece from pressing against the planers plastic housing and attach the elbow to the wooded bushing with some short screws..

Works great. Out of pocket costs $0.00!

Now what can I do with that old bungee cord?!?

Tags: Dewalt, Modification, Plane

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Comment by Doug Morgan on March 22, 2013 at 10:10am: Great idea to all of you. I have the same planner so its copy cat time....

Comment by Rob Austin on March 15, 2013 at 6:41pm: The frame and plexiglass are there to keep the duct in place and the area behind the exit for the boards clear. It works great. As noted I changed the top duct to a flex duct. The hose used to hang across the back and get in the way of the wood exiting the planer. The weight of the hose caused the adapter to crack just aft of the planer. I will get a picture of the modification that I did after this.

Site Admin Comment by John Morris on March 15, 2013 at 9:47am: Indeed, great job Rob!!!! Is the steel frame with plexiglass part of the new ducting setup and if so why. It looks interesting.

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Forum Host Comment by Lewis Kauffman on March 13, 2013 at 11:08pm: Looks like great minds think alike, Rob!

Nice Mod!!

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Comment by Rob Austin on March 13, 2013 at 9:29pm: This was my solution to this problem. The boards travel under the hose and stays clear. I modified later using a flexible hose coming out of the planner. The hard ducts prevented lowering the planner down low enough for very thin wood. Works great now.

Forum Host Comment by Lewis Kauffman on March 8, 2013 at 9:18am: Thanks, John.

I know you don't have a lathe, yet, but I think you can accomplish the same thing with a band saw and jig or scroll saw.

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Site Admin Comment by John Morris on March 8, 2013 at 8:58am: Lew, that is exactly may same issue with this planer, whey in haitis they put that danged chute there! I am going to copy your method of redirection, thanks Lew for a great idea!

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