Since I started this thread, I'll post my experience. I received a new set of blades from DeWalt and installed them in my 735 and they have lasted quite a bit longer than the original blades that were in it. I just changed out that set of blades about a week ago. I don't use the planer that much, since I don't do that much stock preparation, but I'm satisfied with the new DeWalt blades. I'll have to see what service I get on this third set of blades.
I'd still like to hear anyone's experience with the Infinity blades.
Mike
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That set has a (only one) carbide edge and Infinity sells it for $250. They also have a HSS set for about $80.
You can see both sets here.
Mike
Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.
Well Mike how did the infinity blades work for you?
Mike the ones that didn't last long, where they original?
I have always wondered if the planer actually shipped with hss knives. I inherited my 735, so I don't have the box it came in, but the owners manual says nothing about hss. The only place I have ever seen "hss" was on the replacement blade package.
-Dan
I bought the planer used but the guy I bought it from had hardly used it (he upgraded to a floor model), so I'm pretty sure the knives were original. I talked with him about the knives and he claimed he had not reversed the blades.
I never thought they might not be HSS - I just figured DeWalt might have had a bad batch of blades and that's why they were so easy in giving a free replacement.
I really trust the guy I bought the planer from so I don't think he was fibbing. And he had no real reason to misrepresent the situation to me.
Mike
Last edited by Mike Henderson; 12-03-2009 at 11:59 AM.
Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.