Manufacturer | Dewalt |
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Place of Business | TOWSON, MD 21286, US |
Part Number | DW734 |
Product Dimensions | 60.96 x 43.18 x 53.34 cm; 36.29 kg |
Item model number | DW734 |
Is discontinued by manufacturer | No |
Size | One Size |
Colour | Multi |
Style | 12.5" Planer (DW734) |
Finish | Brushed |
Material | Blend |
Pattern | Planer |
Shape | Rectangular |
Power Source | Corded Electric |
Voltage | 120240 Volts |
Item Package Quantity | 1 |
Head Style | Flat |
Measurement System | Metric |
Included Components | 12 1/2" THICKNESS PLANER |
Batteries Included? | No |
Batteries Required? | No |
Warranty Description | One year warranty, one year service contract, and 30 day no-risk trial |
Item Weight | 36.3 kg |
Country of origin | Taiwan |
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DEWALT Benchtop Planer, Single Speed, 15-Amp, 12-1/2-Inch (DW734)
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Brand | DEWALT |
Material | Blend |
Colour | Multi |
Product Dimensions | 59.4L x 42W x 52H Centimetres |
Item weight | 36.29 Kilograms |
Style | 12.5" Planer (DW734) |
Power source | Corded Electric |
Base material | Metal |
Cutting depth | 0.13 inches |
Included components | 12 1/2" THICKNESS PLANER |
About this item
- Powerful 15 amp, 20,000 rpm motor of the woodworking planer handles larger, deeper cuts in hardwoods.
- Three-knife cutter head with 10,000 rpm cutter-head speed of the thickness planer provides 96 cuts per inch, one of the finest finishes of any portable planer
- Disposable, reversible knives of the wood planer deliver 30% more knife life and make knife change fast and easy.
- Four-column carriage lock drastically reduces the movement that causes snipe
- Extra-long infeed and outfeed tables provide 33-1/2-inch of material support.
- Material removal gauge and extra-large thickness scale deliver accurate cuts with every pass
- Turret depth stop allows user to return to their most frequently used depths with ease
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The DW734 12-1/2-inch Thickness Benchtop Planer with Three Knife Cutter-Head is powered by a 15 Amp motor for managing large, deep cuts in hardwood. Three-knife cutter head with speed of 10,000 rpm provides 96 cuts per inch, delivering one of the finest finishes of any portable surface planer.
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ASIN | B0000CCXU6 |
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Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
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Date First Available | Feb. 21 2012 |
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power source | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | AC | Battery Powered | Corded Electric | Corded Electric |
max. rotational speed | 20000 rpm | 23500 rpm | 23500 rpm | 30000 rpm | 10000 rpm | 10000 rpm |
cutting width | 12.5 inches | 15 centimeters | 13 inches | 6 cubic inches | 13 inches | 13 inches |
0.12 inches | 15 centimeters | 0.3 centimeters | 2 millimeters | — | 0.12 inches | |
base material | Metal | Cast Iron | Cast Alloy Steel | Aluminum | Aluminum | Alloy Steel |
amperage | 15 amps | 15 amps | — | — | 15 amps | 15 amps |
style | 12.5" Planer (DW734) | Protection | Modern | Cordless Planer (20V Tool Only) | Thickness Planer (DW735) | Tool |
material | Blend, Blend, Blend, Blend, Blend | Cast Iron, Alloy Steel | Cast Iron, Alloy Steel | Blend, Blend, Blend, Blend, Blend | Blend, Blend, Blend, Blend, Blend | Alloy Steel |
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Customers like the functionality, value for money, and ease of use of the hardware planer. They mention it does a good job, is well-built, and ready to go right out of the box. Customers also appreciate the smoothness and accuracy.
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Customers are satisfied with the functionality of the hardware planer. They mention it does a perfect job, works very good, and is worth the money. Some also say it's an excellent tool.
"Great product. Instructions very clear.bought the stand and the planer is very rigid. No snipe very nice finish." Read more
"i use it for planing rought wood. it does a great job. i am really pleased. it is though, a bit on the heavy side." Read more
"Received and tested. Works well. This is a nice planer. I am looking forwarded to really putting it through its paces this summer...." Read more
"Great tool but does see To get plugged quickly - had to stop a few times to clean it out" Read more
Customers like the quality of the planner. They mention it's well-built, looks like a typical Dewalt power tool, and provides quality results on pine rough boards. Customers also say it's a tough and useful machine.
"Great planer. Heavy, solid...." Read more
"...great planer but if your buying it from amazon, save up and buy the dw735 as the price difference is worth it, as im pretty sure they address that..." Read more
"Received and tested. Works well. This is a nice planer. I am looking forwarded to really putting it through its paces this summer...." Read more
"Quality results on pine rough boards, local mill sourced. 6 inch width but can do wider. We had 10' and 12' lengths...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the value for money of the hardware planer. They mention they've saved tons of money by buying rough-cut lumber and planing to their needs.
"Excellent quality and great price..." Read more
"...buying it from amazon, save up and buy the dw735 as the price difference is worth it, as im pretty sure they address that issue, but i could be..." Read more
"Super easy to use and ready to go right out of the box. I have saved tons of money by buying rough-cut lumber and planing to my needs...." Read more
"right out of the box,,,good to go,,,very happy with this unit,,,best value,ease of use,,QUALITY results,,," Read more
Customers like the ease of use of the hardware planer. They mention it's very accurate, simple to use, and ready to go right out of the box.
"Portable enough to move around my little shop. Easy to use." Read more
"Super easy to use and ready to go right out of the box. I have saved tons of money by buying rough-cut lumber and planing to my needs...." Read more
"Awesome planer. Easy to set up and get going. It’s on the heavy side, so watch your back! Quality of what comes out the other end is superb...." Read more
"...a great job of smoothing out rough lumber and is very accurate and simple to use...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the planer's snipe-free performance. They mention it planed boards perfectly with no snipe at all. Customers also say it cuts very well out of the box.
"Cuts very smooth. I will see how long that lasts once the blades wear. I am planing soft wood and it does a good job...." Read more
"...I noticed very little snipe right out of the box. The tool to change the blades was missing but I called DeWalt and they are sending a replacement...." Read more
"Compact for that type of machine. Cuts very well out of the box. I will be able to focus on funnier aspects of woodworking other than planning." Read more
"I’ve used it to plane 4/4 cherry planks. Excellent cut, smooth finish. It’s much better than the Rigid I used to have. At 429$, It’s a great deal" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the smoothness of the hardware planer. They mention it does a great job of smoothing out rough lumber and is very accurate and simple to use.
"Great planer. Heavy, solid. Does a pretty good job leaves a smooth finish but will snipe the ends of the board of you don't end for end your boards,..." Read more
"...Quality of what comes out the other end is superb. Pure buttery smoothness...." Read more
"Very pleased with this purchase. It does a great job of smoothing out rough lumber and is very accurate and simple to use...." Read more
"...rock hard maple through it and there is zero snipe and it comes out smooth as a baby's b... Highly recommend it." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the accuracy of the hardware planer.
"...It does a great job of smoothing out rough lumber and is very accurate and simple to use...." Read more
"Accuracy, nice machine." Read more
"great value for money and accuracy..." Read more
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- Reviewed in Canada on April 21, 2025Verified PurchaseExcellent 👌🏼
- Reviewed in Canada on August 16, 2023Verified PurchaseCuts very smooth. I will see how long that lasts once the blades wear. I am planing soft wood and it does a good job. There is some snipe but finishing up with a thin cut or 2 helps eliminate it as well as proper support of the lumber as it exits the planer.
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Reviewed in Canada on July 20, 2025Verified PurchaseTrès long avant de recevoir car rupture de stock mais l'attente en a value la peine
- Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2023Verified Purchasei use it for planing rought wood. it does a great job. i am really pleased. it is though, a bit on the heavy side.
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Reviewed in Canada on February 6, 2023Verified PurchaseJ’ai acheté ce produit pour des fins de bricolage. C’était la première fois que j’utilisais un planeur. Je l’utilise pour du bois franc et je suis très satisfait. Il est facile à comprendre. Le guide explicatif est dans les trois langues; anglais, français et espagnol. Il y a de bons conseils. Il est primordial de le lire.
La livraison était prévue un mercredi et je l’ai reçu le jour précédent le mardi. Comme je demeure dans un secteur boisé, le livreur n’a pas voulu me le livrer à ma porte. J’ai dû prendre ma voiture pour me rendre au bout de mon chemin privé et le récupérer. Heureusement, le livreur m’a appelé en arrivant et je suis aller le rejoindre.
- Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2023Verified PurchaseGreat planer. Heavy, solid. Does a pretty good job leaves a smooth finish but will snipe the ends of the board of you don't end for end your boards, more noticeable on hardwood. Overall happy with my purchase.
- Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2014Verified PurchaseAlmost Perfect, a few things could use improvement like another depth stop on the left side of the machine. i noticed that when using the 3/4" and 1/2" depth stop if i put a little to much pressure on the stop while lowering the blades so it would be a fraction of an inch lower on the side without the stop, kind of annoying when trying to do a glueup of panels and the thicknesses are off it just creates more work. great planer but if your buying it from amazon, save up and buy the dw735 as the price difference is worth it, as im pretty sure they address that issue, but i could be wrong.
oh and the rollers dont pull your workpiece through when its cold outside, at least I think thats my issue.
- Reviewed in Canada on June 9, 2021Verified PurchaseStill need to make a wheeled cart and get a cheap dust collector but I planed a few 8 and 12 foot spruce boards and it did a nice job. I noticed very little snipe right out of the box. The tool to change the blades was missing but I called DeWalt and they are sending a replacement. Next up is sixteen 2x6x12 larch boards for the surface of the deck I'm building. I'm hoping this will last me many years to come. I live in a rural area where rough lumber is a lot cheaper than hardware store lumber so this will be getting a lot of use in the next few years.
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raulReviewed in Mexico on February 16, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCLENTE MAQUINA PARA EL TRABAJO
Verified PurchaseEXCELENTE MAQUINA PARA EL TRABAJO.
- AJReviewed in the United States on July 11, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars smooth operation
Verified Purchasebest ever! I wasn't sure how this would do, and well its perfect. and collected the cedar shavings are good for my dog house and his run area.
the ease in which this works is like cutting through warm butter. settings are easy to adjust and the finish is super smooth. no sanding needed
- Andy in WashingtonReviewed in the United States on May 10, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Performer
Verified PurchaseI have been using this planer for about 3 months, and am still happy with it. A couple things could be better, but for the most part it has been one of those tools that you can rely on to do what it is supposed to.
=== The Good Stuff ===
* My planer is permanently mounted to a work table with four mounting bolts. These are not included-but they would never guess the right length anyway, so not a big deal. The planer is heavy, the instructions say 80 LBS, but it seemed lighter than that, so you may need a second person to help lift it into place.
* Within an hour of opening the box (and most of that time was spent reading the manual thoroughly), I was planing cedar. The tables seemed perfectly adjusted out of the box, and I got very smooth finishes with no snipe at all. Operation is relatively simple and mostly intuitive.
* Most of my planing is oak-typically resurfacing oak that I have reclaimed from old furniture or cabinets (much cheaper to buy oak at a thrift store than a lumberyard). It does an excellent job on oak, although you will occasionally get some slight snipe at the ends of previously finished lumber.
* I do not have a dust collection system, but my large shop vac attached to the rear port does a very nice job on dust and shavings. I do get a little dust, but very minimal amounts, and most of that is probably blow-by from the hose connectors. If I wasn't so lazy, a more permanent "clamped" connection would work better. I do use a respirator when planing old pre-finished wood- there is no telling what is in the finishes.
* After planing about 1200 lf of oak, mostly 5-7" wide, the blades started showing signs of dullness. Cuts were still clean, just not as smooth as they used to be. Swapping the knives turned out to be about a 20 minute project the first time, although I am sure it will be about half that next time. (Careful, real easy to cut yourself).
I also added a "lap counter" to the side of the table- the kind track coaches use to count laps. They are about $5, and I use them to track how much wood goes across the planer. One click = 10'. Not 100% accurate, but good for monitoring blade use.
* The small gauge to estimate the amount of material to be removed works great! I have found with planing oak that two or three very small passes (1/32 or so) works about the best, although you can sneak by with a 1/16 then a 1/32 without much difference.
* I seldom plane anything longer than 8', and so far have not felt the need to purchase or build any extension feed tables.
=== The Not-So-Good Stuff ===
* The height gauge is a bit inexact for my needs. I added a Wixey 850 to the planer, and love it. This should have been a part of the planer to start with.
* There is a "hard stop" for common thicknesses. I use the 3/4" one quite a bit, but I find it to be a little unrepeatable (+/- 0.08 or so.. Not a major deal, but occasionally enough to be annoying.. The problem is that while the stop is fixed, you have to rely on "feel" to determine how tight to crank down on the head adjustment against the stop. The Wixey has been repeatable to 0.02 or so.
* I wish the in and outfeed trays would fold up. They stick out over the front and rear of my work bench, and I hate having tools get bumped.
* The on/off switch is easy to use, provided you are standing in the front of the unit. However at about the half-way point in any planing, you are now standing at the back of the unit, and there is no way to get to the switch quickly in an emergency. As with all my tools, I added "panic buttons to the tables, and in this case, added on front and rear.
=== Summary ===
While there are some parts of this tool that I wasn't totally thrilled with, they were relatively easy to correct, and the planer is now a trusted and often-used part of my shop. So far it has been used for roughly 75% red oak, 15% cedar and 10% poplar, and has performed well on all of these. I have trued-up some cupped wood without much trouble, although the cups were relatively slight-maybe 1/8 or so.
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Joan F Gonzalez GraciaReviewed in Mexico on July 9, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars De lo mejor
Verified PurchaseUn cepillo de muy alta calidad. Vale cada centavo. Fácil de operar, seguro y deja la madera muy bien cepillada. Es como un tanque, y por lo mismo es muy pesado. Aunque lo puede cargar una sola persona fuerte, recomiendo que se cargue entre dos.
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