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As others have mentioned, the written instructions are poor but looking at the graphics clears any issues. Well packed, great price, easy assembly, solid stand. great price and it makes the planer complete.Love the free shipping. Amazon, you came through again.Also ordered the extension tables for the 735. Received in three days. I agree with the review that the foot peddle should be placed on the outside. It frequently is the deciding factor. You just can't reach it with your foot if you have the shelf installed.
I own several DeWalt power tools and have been pleased with the quality of their products. My planer is now easy to move around and is rock-solid when the front caster is lowered for use. I bought this stand to use with a 12" DeWalt planer I purchased several years ago and am very happy with the design and quality of the item. It is a sturdy stand similar to the stand for my DeWalt woodworkers table saw.
Follow the pictures, not the text. Despite the terrible top supplied by DeWalt, the stand is now top notch. Assemble all the legs and top as one unit, then mount it to the base. Mine was splitting after being mounted for one day. The stand is rock solid.
They make no sense at all. Use up all the small carriage bolts, nuts, and lock washers first. I made a new top out of heavy duty particle board. I like it. Do as the other guys say, do not read the directions.
Put the wheels on last, not first. I am going to contact DeWalt and share my experience. The 'cardboard' top is a joke as other reviewers note.
Pay attention to where to use flat washers or lock washers as the illustration alone doesn't show a difference, but the written instructions and hardware lettering do. Learned that the plastic hose adapter that came with the planner can be removed so the add-on shelves will fold up for completely. Easy to assemble, almost without the instruction sheet in an easy 45 minutes including interruptions from my wife asking why I needed another mobile base. Only suggestion for DeWalt would be to add one more carriage bolt to each leg attachment to the base.
Yes, the instructions were wrong about the bolt sizing, but anyone investing in a DeWalt Planner should be able to afford both Standard & Metric wrenches, and the reviews here prepared me for it. They could add one more of each piece of hardware, just in case. Mounting the single wheel on the inside works well, so well I switched all of the other mobile bases the same (might change Band Saw back due to balance issues as mounting on inside changes the 'wheel base' of the stand, but this has nothing to do with the DeWalt stand as it's not an issues. UPS was a little rough on the packing with slight damage to the table top, but not enough to fuss about (and I wanted to assemble it NOW).Additional shelf is where I store the air filtration hose, plus adds stability to the stand.
Once assembled it is a really solid working surface. It only took a few minutes (30) to assemble but I would suggest you have some knowledge about assembly and especially squaring the legs. All in all though I give this a glowing plus when it comes to portable equipment stands. I would recommend using the outside option to install the foot release. I bought this stand to go with a DeWalt Surface Planer. The only complaint I have is the foot lever that you use to move the stand around the work area. I highly recommend it for either of the DeWalt planers, or it could be adapted to many other applications as well. It is very ackward to get your foot into the inside while moving the stand.
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