Chet Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I had an interesting experience today. I was starting to plan a piece of wood and I noticed that I was getting wood shavings out the infeed side of the machine and the first thing I realized was that I hadn't turned on the dust collection. The second thing I realized is that do to some blast gates being set improperly I hard shavings from the planer coming out of the DC hood of my miter saw some 30 feet of duct work away. So yea that little fan in the planer works pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I didn't know the fan could push chips 30 feet, I did know it could push them 20 feet! Here's proof! That's how my dust collector rolls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 That fan is pretty powerful - there have been times I've forgotten to turn on the DC, but all the chips still ended up in the collection bag. I've thought about removing the fan, as I've read where some people have done that to cut down on the noise. Then again I've also thought about adding a fan to other tools to help with the dust collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Thurman-Keup Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 When I first got mine 10 years ago, I naively hooked it up to a shop vac. The blower was strong enough that it was forcing dust out the seem where the shop vac motor housing seals to the dust container. So now I don't worry about how far away the planer is from the DC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I didn't know the fan could push chips 30 feet, I did know it could push them 20 feet! Here's proof! That's how my dust collector rolls! The Dodge Dust Distribution Device 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I had an interesting experience today. I was starting to plan a piece of wood and I noticed that I was getting wood shavings out the infeed side of the machine and the first thing I realized was that I hadn't turned on the dust collection. The second thing I realized is that do to some blast gates being set improperly I hard shavings from the planer coming out of the DC hood of my miter saw some 30 feet of duct work away. So yea that little fan in the planer works pretty well. I'm glad this happens to someone else too. I can't tell you how many times I've forgotten to close my bandsaw blastgate before I turn on the planer 30 feet away, and I end up with a huge pile of chips forming around the base of the bandsaw. That chip ejection fan is no joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 I typically keep all of my blast gates closed so if I ever forget to open the one on the 735, it blows the hose off as soon as I turn it on. It is strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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