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I don't know what MBA (and I am one) did the cost benefit analysis, but I can't believe they sell enough of these flimsy replacement knives to offset unrealized purchases of the planer they lose due to negative word of mouth. DeWalt is doing their product's image no favors with their name brand knives.
The planer itself does just what it is supposed to, but these replacement knives dull almost immediately, they have only one side, and can't be sharpened. I did a frantic internet search and found Infinity Tools, which carries their own 13" replacement knives for this Dewalt planer under "Specialty Planer and Jointer Knives." They are two-sided, resharpenable and last a very long time.
I was so unhappy with these knives I almost gave up on my DeWalt 13" planer. I don't know if Infinity has started offering replacement knives for the 12.5" planer, but I could not recommend the DeWalt 13" model if alternative knives were not available.
I had to slightly overbore the set pin holes, but that was no big deal. I brought that little defect up to the folks at Infinity and they admitted they'd heard the same thing from a couple of other customers, but said they sell a ton of them so I guess everyone just makes that little adjustment and gets back to working wood.
It is a good little planer but the aluminum foil quality of the DeWalt replacement knives is horrendous. Buy the planer, not the knives.
house using this planner and if you put a heavy layer of Johnston floor paste wax on the bed plate every 300 lin. I have built a 4000 sq. ft. feet it will solve your feed problems. If the lumber is real dirty I use my old planner first.
Sure wish I would have checked on blade replacement prior to purchase of the DeWalt Planer DW 735.It is pretty hard to fathom that DeWalt has not corrected this situation.It is a competative world and they seem not to be worried.Anyone out there want to purchase a DW 735 planer. Mine is for sale at a good price.
I don't know about anyone else, but that's a heck of a lot of money for carbide knives. If only there were good relatively inexpensive aftermarket carbide knives.
The blades turn into so much junk very quickly. Especially if you do more than take off a more than a 64th or so regardless of species.
Like others have said this an excellent piece of equipment with a fatal flaw. I only use it on a few specific situations and leave all of the real planing to my 26" bridgewood with a helical carbide insert head.
That said until the blades wear out it is a spectacular planer. It leaves a very clean finish and very little if any snipe.
Infinitytools makes them but they cost anywhere from $200-250 a set. Granted they can be resharpened a couple of times, but I can replace all 130 sumodd of the carbide inserts on my helical head for almost half of that.
I have had two sets of blades sent to me by Infinity Tools. Then the second set had end to end taper of.025 to.030 inches. The first set had alignment hole issues; off center by.015 inches. I had to wait 4 months for replacements. Can't get flat results, let alone any blade life, with one edge doing all the cutting. I went back to DeWalt for close tolerance product.
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