Dewalt DW735 Planer Stand

I am seriously considering purchasing the Dewalt DW735 sometime in the next couple of weeks.

Now, as a pretty solid Ridgid fan, I greatly appreciate the Herc-U-Lift Caster Set system that is sold with or can be bought for many of their tools. It is GREAT for making tools portable for a small to medium sized shop (mine is 20x20).

Anyhow, I noticed that Dewalt has a stand on sale for their DW735.

I was hoping someone around here might have some experience with the stands made by Dewalt along these lines. Any thoughts?

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Originally Posted by Paul Thompson

I am seriously considering purchasing the Dewalt DW735 sometime in the next couple of weeks. ... Anyhow, I noticed that Dewalt has a stand on sale for their DW735. ...

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Paul,

For about the same cost (maybe a couple of bucks more) you could build something like this:
http://bbarnold.com/images/shoppix/shop-planer-cart.jpg"

I also built one for my spindle and disk sanders:
http://bbarnold.com/images/shoppix/shop-sander-cart.jpg"

Each of them has two fixed casters and two locking casters (all 3") that I picked up from HD. I find that I don't even have to lock the casters when running shorter pieces through the planer.

Regards,

I bought the dewalt stand and its a very nice stand. I got it through Amazon and it was $99. I bought it with something else and saved $25 bucks off $199 total.

Its way beefier t han i expected and was very easy to put together. I bought it because I can now roll my planer out whenever I need it and then roll it back. It was more than worth the money, but like was suggested too you can also build a nice table for that money. I just have way too many things gking on and I wanted instant mobility.

Paul I agree with Bill as to the home made cabinet for that particular unit. It may say portable but at nearly 100lbs it's not all that portable. My .02

but I'm 6'7" and like to raise my tools up higher than the typical stand does. If your OK with spending the $, and it will be at a comfortable height for you, then get it. It would be cheaper to make your own tho...