Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This is a question that everyone with a thickness planer asks at some point. This video will hopefully answer that question regardless of planer model, and allow you to plane shorter boards without just being reckless in the workshop.

I also post pictures of stuff I build on Instagram:
instagram.com/thesnekkershow

I'm using a DeWalt DW735 thickness planer upgraded with a Byrd Shelix helical cutterhead with carbide cutters, and a Harbor Freight dust-collection system that I converted to a two-stage in this playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvDK1rlZrs5m-dggAgJO_EwbYr6Px5bfx

DW735X Planer (with tables and extra knives): amzn.to/2N9xSgl
DW735 Planer (without extension tables): amzn.to/3rKT5vL
DW7351 Extension Tables: amzn.to/2LrYDfs
Rockler 4” x 2' stretch hose: amzn.to/3bDOXsH
Rockler 4” x 4' stretch hose: amzn.to/38VGuQ5
Rockler threaded disconnect fitting: amzn.to/3nW9mvu
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