Steve Baumgartner
11-01-2013, 5:35 PM
My DW735 had been throwing increasing amounts of chips and dust back onto the wood, out the back of the machine, and inside the machine, so I finally got serious and looked closely to figure out what was going on. It turned out that a small hole had developed in the back of the fan housing, right below where the outlet emerges. I took it apart and discovered that the molding of the plastic fan housing was mis-manufactured. There is a sort of tongue-and-groove seam that is supposed to connect the two halves of the housing. On my planer, the plastic hadn't filled the mold completely in that part so that the groove sort of faded out into a very thin outer wall with the inner shoulder completely missing. It amazes me that it lasted 6 years before this blew through!
I ordered a replacement housing and after installing it there is night and day difference in how much dust and chips escape! Thought I'd share this in case any other DW735 owners have the same problem. In my mind, this is defective materials, but alas, the warrantee doesn't go 6 years.
I ordered a replacement housing and after installing it there is night and day difference in how much dust and chips escape! Thought I'd share this in case any other DW735 owners have the same problem. In my mind, this is defective materials, but alas, the warrantee doesn't go 6 years.