William Hodge
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What are you running through the planer? I have had a 735 for nine moths, and I have run about 1000 board feet of lumber through it, two faces....

Check for broken castings and impact marks in the paint. If someone has hoisted a jointer by its tables, or dropped it, the dovetails where the...

If you are working in marginal conditions, it would be good to get a marginal conditions work bench. It would be like buying a Tesla when you live on...

I like the teaser where Sam Blasco pushes the wood with his thumb on the tail end of the board. It's kind of like watching a lion tamer show, where...

To use a European type guard, use push pads.This allows you to push down on the wood on the outfeed table. Start the wood in to the cutter, face...

An old guy I worked with said "Never lift a planer by its lady parts." The feed rollers are spring loaded. Hoisting here would be by the cutter...

I have a little blower like that for small demand machines. Shutting the blower off when you don't need it helps. I use a Long Ranger switch on my...

If this is for your house, you could try laminating it. Hollow out the stile, insert a 3/16" piece of wood in it with Titebond 3, and clamp it...

I have a Dewalt 735 as a finish planer. It doesn't see rough lumber, and the maximum cut is 1/32". I stone the knives sharp. The factory knives leave...

If the dados are spaced the same distance apart as the rollers are, you could end up with no feed traction, assuming the dados are in the surface...

Try a sliding table. You can set stops to make similarly sized pieces. You can also add in toggle clamps to hold the work down. A good use for a...

13 second Video show creation of freezer fridge space opening up, kind of like making a "Great Room" in your fridge. ...