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great price and it makes the planer complete.Love the free shipping. You just can't reach it with your foot if you have the shelf installed. Amazon, you came through again.Also ordered the extension tables for the 735. Received in three days. It frequently is the deciding factor. 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. I agree with the review that the foot peddle should be placed on the outside.
My planer is now easy to move around and is rock-solid when the front caster is lowered for use. It is a sturdy stand similar to the stand for my DeWalt woodworkers table saw. I own several DeWalt power tools and have been pleased with the quality of their products. 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.
Despite the terrible top supplied by DeWalt, the stand is now top notch. Mine was splitting after being mounted for one day. Use up all the small carriage bolts, nuts, and lock washers first. I like it. Assemble all the legs and top as one unit, then mount it to the base. The stand is rock solid.
Follow the pictures, not the text. I made a new top out of heavy duty particle board. Do as the other guys say, do not read the directions. The 'cardboard' top is a joke as other reviewers note. I am going to contact DeWalt and share my experience. They make no sense at all.
Put the wheels on last, not first.
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. 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.
Only suggestion for DeWalt would be to add one more carriage bolt to each leg attachment to the base. 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. 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.
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.
All in all though I give this a glowing plus when it comes to portable equipment stands. It is very ackward to get your foot into the inside while moving the stand. I would recommend using the outside option to install the foot release. I bought this stand to go with a DeWalt Surface Planer. I highly recommend it for either of the DeWalt planers, or it could be adapted to many other applications as well. 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. The only complaint I have is the foot lever that you use to move the stand around the work area.
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