Customer Reviews:
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 It even works with a shop vac April 19, 2010
D. Bouthillier (Buena Park, CA)
I need to replicate some tongue and groove paneling for our cabin that was built in the late 40's. I tried planing a test 1 x 12 x 8 down to 5/8" thick with the planer alone, but the shavings kept jamming up the planer.
At this point it does not make sense for me to purchase a full dust collection system. I was hoping that I could used this with my shop vacuum. I ordered this dust collector accessory and rounded up the parts to connect it to my shop vacuum. I also purchased a separator lid device that goes on top of a 5 gallon paint bucket, and drops the majority of the shavings into the bucket.
This time I ran a 1x10 and a 1x12 through the planer several times and the planer worked much better this time around. I had no problems with clogging and when I was finished there was very little to clean up. I am very pleased with the setup.
 Dust Collector November 8, 2009
Greg C. Labounty (East Tawas, MI)
Easy install, good product. Wish there was a way to fold up the outfeed table without removing the dust collector.
 Not completely satisfied March 24, 2008
D. Moore (Allison Park, PA USA)
I use this with a 3/4 HP Porter Cable AP300 Dust Collector.
That model of dust collector is rated at 500 CFM, which is used
with a trash can lid collector.
Most of the time, I work with red oak, white oak, and occasionally
hard maple. With those species, it usually works ok.
This weekend I used this with 300 bd ft of black walnut.
Some boards would plane just fine. Half the boards were 9
or 10 inches wide and would make these long thin curly
shavings that would plug this dust collector every pass,
even if I was removing 1/32 of an inch. I am not sure
whether the problem was with the dust collector, or with
this dust connector. The shavings would plug right at the
entry to this device. I suspect that this device was the
problem.
I really wish they had some sort of quick clamp to attach
this device to the planer. I would like to attach or remove
it in ten seconds instead of two or three minutes. When it
is working, you dont need to remove it. But when it does
not work, opening it to clear out those shavings is a bit
of a pain.
This device does hang down slightly into the outfeed path
by about 1/8 of an inch. So, each time a wider board comes
out of the machine, it bumps on this device. This device
does not attach extremely firmly. It sort of floats a bit
on the output, so this is not a big problem, but the float
means that we loose suction, and it makes it seem cheap.
Overall, it usually works. But this weekend, my setup did
not work. I think that this item was the problem, but it
just might have been insufficient CFM on the dust collector.
 Surprisingly poor February 9, 2008
AM (San Jose, CA)
I'm surprised that so many reviewers think this is a good accessory. It's absolutely necessary, and every Delta planer owner needs one.... but it's a poor design. Boards hit it on the outfeed. You also can't lower the head all the way if you need to plane really thin stock - instrument makers beware! The other problem is that a standard 4" slip fit connector doesn't stay on well. This is only a problem if you move your dust collector hose from machine to machine. But, a lot of folks do that, and it's just absurd that this chute isn't correctly sized to fit well.
Finally, it's annoying that the dust chute isn't included with the machine. It's not really optional - you have to extract the chips from a planer, or the machine's rollers press the chips into the nicely planed surface of the wood.
I like the planer pretty well, and this thing is necessary.. but poorly executed.
Must-Have Accessory for the Planer October 30, 2007
CastAway (NC)
Don't even think about buying the planer without the dust collector attachment! Without it you will have chips all over the floor and fine dust in the air. I hook up my planer to a 1 HP floor model dust collector and it works great with a 3" hose. I really doubt if it will work with a shop vac. The attachment is easy to mount and remove. You can't fold up the outfeed table with the attachment in place, but that's no big deal.
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