Mike Henderson, thanks for the detailed explanation regarding induction and universal motors. The Dewalt 735 is a pricey portable planer and putting in an induction motor may have taken it out of the competition for portable planers. Personally, I don't know why they felt the need to add the chip ejector to the planer as it would add to the cost and, apparently, adds to the noise. I ran my old Delta with the DC and never had any issues with waste collection. But I will admit when I turn on the planer, the drum of the cyclone, while the DC is running, actually pressurizes. That chip ejector moves a lot of air.
Mike Cary, you can get the price of Felder or Hammer products online by simply creating a login. The 10" Hammer jointer/planer lists at $3599. The 12" is $4195 and the 16" is $5759. And those prices do not include their Silent Power cutter block, which takes the 10" J/P to $4379. To me, that makes adding the spiral cutter block to the Dewalt a pretty good deal. But when I watched this video, I sure wished I could afford the Hammer. The db meter test starts around 1:45.
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