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   RalphBarker | Jan 10, 2011 05:20pm | #1

   confused

   Have you considered running the hose into your neighbor's garage?  ;-)

   I'm having trouble envisioning the planer's blower over-powering your shop vac. Are you sure the hoses were connected correctly?

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   adirhu | Jan 10, 2011 09:38pm | #2

   shop vac/planer continued

   Hi Ralph:

   Yes, I am sure the hoses are hooked up correctly.  I actually read the manual!  But I do like your idea of running the chips to my neighbor's garage.  It would be cheaper to buy extra hose than a dust collection system.

   Let me know if you think of anything.

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   RalphBarker | Jan 10, 2011 11:10pm | #3

   That was one of those "gotta ask" questions, like, "Is the O-N/O-F-F switch in the O-N position?"   ;-)

   Where is the excess dust coming from? Is it "blooming" from the planer itself, or somehow bypassing the filter in the vac?  Normally, the shop vac pulls air fron the collection chamber through the fan filter, and the exhaust port is connected to the filtered side of the motor housing. So, in theory, the only dust being exhausted is that which can make it through the filter - pretty fine stuff. If you're getting larger particulate, it seems to me that something is amiss with the filter or the exhaust chamber.

   I don't have the same planer, but my impression is that dust collection on these things is more than a little bit shy of 100%.

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   blopar | Jan 11, 2011 08:35am | #4

   I don't see why not

   Josh,

   While our house was up for sale I had to downsize considerably so the dust collector was an unfortunate victim. I too have a 735 and hooked it up to my craftsman  20 gallon vac with no problem.. The only question I have would be how much material are you trying to remove on a given pass? I rarely take any more than 1/16" per pass even with my collector so I would suspect that could be the issue.