Well -I broke down and bought a new helical carbide head for the Dewalt 735.
I went with FindBuyTool head. Mostly, because it was in stock, it had more cutters and it was cheaper.
It cost 340 bucks, it has 4 rows of 14 per row (56 inserts in total).
Had concerns since it was shipping from China, but figured I'd roll the dice. Glad I did.
Ordered on 9/15 by 9/25 it was at my doorstep......... that was a pleasant surprise.
The directions kinda sucked but the machine is simple to take apart. The one thing no one mentioned is you must remove the blades and their keepers before trying to remove the existing cutter-head. It was easy to figure out but, would have been nice if it was mentioned.
Took about an hour to put all the inserts in the the head. One thing I did like was they align (self align) correctly. I have seen other machines where you have to hold yer lip just right to get the inserts aligning correctly.
The cut is super smooth. Will see in a month if that remains so. Regardless, the smoothness is good enough to go directly to 320 sand paper.
It runs quieter both just running and when cutting I measured 4-5 dB quieter while cutting.
There is no vibration, a good purchase. included some pixs. The wood is Ohia and White Oak. Ohia is about the same hardness as Rosewood
I went with FindBuyTool head. Mostly, because it was in stock, it had more cutters and it was cheaper.
It cost 340 bucks, it has 4 rows of 14 per row (56 inserts in total).
Had concerns since it was shipping from China, but figured I'd roll the dice. Glad I did.
Ordered on 9/15 by 9/25 it was at my doorstep......... that was a pleasant surprise.
The directions kinda sucked but the machine is simple to take apart. The one thing no one mentioned is you must remove the blades and their keepers before trying to remove the existing cutter-head. It was easy to figure out but, would have been nice if it was mentioned.
Took about an hour to put all the inserts in the the head. One thing I did like was they align (self align) correctly. I have seen other machines where you have to hold yer lip just right to get the inserts aligning correctly.
The cut is super smooth. Will see in a month if that remains so. Regardless, the smoothness is good enough to go directly to 320 sand paper.
It runs quieter both just running and when cutting I measured 4-5 dB quieter while cutting.
There is no vibration, a good purchase. included some pixs. The wood is Ohia and White Oak. Ohia is about the same hardness as Rosewood