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(12-20-2022, 02:46 AM)Ray Newman Wrote: Gents: thanks for the information. Guess I will order one this week. Again thank you for your insights.
Please report back and let us know how it goes.
I have a 735 here and one at the niece's. I hope to get around to some flat work for Christmas 2023.
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(12-19-2022, 01:35 AM)Ray Newman Wrote: This week, my DeWalt 735x thicknesser should arrive.
Has anyone put a WIXEY DRO on a DeWalt 735? Any problems with installation? Does it work well enough to justify the cost? https://www.infinitytools.com/wixey-0-6-...le-planers
According to the reviews, it is the cat's meow, but I am a natural skeptic when it comes to electronic gadgets.
I'm not a nay-sayer, but I've had my 735 for well over 10 years and it's right-on at any thickness I set it for. If set for 3/4" it's right there every time. If I want any in-between thickness, it's easy to turn the handle 1/8, 1/4, etc to get what I want.
Actually, I usually leave it 1/4 turn less than 3/4" (or whatever thickness) to allow for sanding. As long as all the pieces are thicknessed to the same setting, that's all you need for joining into panels or cross-joining.
The real trick IMHO is getting the same shoulders on mortise & tenons or tongue-in-grooves. The tongues or tenons are easy - it's the mortise or groove that is tough to get perfectly centered for me. Oh wait - this is getting off topic -- sorry I get carried away sometimes.
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I think mine is a slightly over version, but I got one for my 735 right after I bought it in 2008. Worth every penny.
My only complaint is that I have to recalibrate it when I change the battery. It's not a big deal though.
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I have one on both my table saw and my benchtop planer, since I don't do as much woodworking as I used to, it seems like every time I want to use one of them, the battery is dead.
I've had these DRO's for a while, so maybe battery life is better on the ones sold now.
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I replace the batteries about once a year. The Wixey shuts it's self-off after awhile. My Sure DRO remains on.
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