: I saw the 735 at a show, and since it had a thickness stop at
: 1/8", I bought it. When trying to plane 1/8" spruce
: stock for guideboat rib laminations, it would literally chew off
: the ends of the strips well beyond any snipe. I talked to the
: factory; they sent me another one. Same thing - it would not
: plane to 1/8" without eating the ends of the work piece. I
: kept it around for a while for use on thicker stock, and it was
: a super machine - very little snipe, extremely smooth output. It
: would blow the chips right into the dust collector bag without
: even having to run the dust collector motor.

: Then one day I loaded it into the trunk and brought it to the local
: DeWalt-Porter Cable repair shop. The tech told me not to even
: lug it in - the problem is the super powerful chip blower. With
: thin stock, the feed end of the strip gets sucked up off the
: table right into the knives before it gets to the outfeed roller
: and chews up the end. Once both rollers are engaged, it planes
: just fine. When the end of the work piece passes the infeed
: roller, the now-free end is again sucked up into the knives,
: blasting the end. He said there is no fix or modification that
: he knew of. I eventually sold it to a woodworker that doesn't
: build boats and has no need to plane thin pieces. I went back to
: my trusty 733, which planes 1/8" stock just fine. The 734
: is a newer version of the 733.

: - John

hmmm.... good to know since I have a 735... I haven't tried taking anything that thin yet tho.....