Leo Butler
01-16-2021, 10:05 PM
I purchased what is essentially a brand new DW735 planer from someone on Craigslist. He told me the planer head is very tight, and takes MUCH more oomph to raise and lower than it should. When I got it home and checked it out, I determined that the left side of the head is higher than the right which explains this pretty well. The seller is totally willing to take it back but gave me the go-ahead to try to adjust it before going that route.
After some searching here on SMC and via Google, it was suggested this shouldn't be a difficult thing to adjust. It was also said that this should absolutely not be like this from the factory. So anything I should be looking for while I see about correcting this misalignment? The seller feels certain he didn't lower the head in a way that forced it past the depth stop, but if it was hard to turn in the first place me might not have noticed. I saw a thread that indicated this could and likely would cause some damage.
Thanks for any insights!
After some searching here on SMC and via Google, it was suggested this shouldn't be a difficult thing to adjust. It was also said that this should absolutely not be like this from the factory. So anything I should be looking for while I see about correcting this misalignment? The seller feels certain he didn't lower the head in a way that forced it past the depth stop, but if it was hard to turn in the first place me might not have noticed. I saw a thread that indicated this could and likely would cause some damage.
Thanks for any insights!