Cleaning out my new wood storage and shop area. It was and is a real mess left by previous inhabitant human and otherwise. Came across a DeWalt 735 2 speed planner, all of the stuff that was left there has been in parts froze up broken and for all practical purposes junk. So I set this planner to the side to have a look at it when I had a little time, today I had a little time.
Looked at it to see if there was any obvious reason to not start it and saw nothing in the way of red flags.
Plugged it into a 25 foot extension cord turned the switch on and moved 25 feet to plug the cord in as I stood behind a door in case there was going to be flying parts and pieces. To my surprise it seemed to run fine, so I shut it down and decided I should check it out a little more since it was going to be my " grand find and treasure"
I moved the 2 speed lever from one position to the other but it would not switch back. That is when I saw the writing " change only while motor is running"
Of course it will not run since it is I between positions.
I do have a manual downloaded yet and a quick search did not yield what I was looking for.
Do you know how to get it to move to one of the speeds without me spending a bunch of money on this " find"
Thanks in advance for your time and help
Dave
Looked at it to see if there was any obvious reason to not start it and saw nothing in the way of red flags.
Plugged it into a 25 foot extension cord turned the switch on and moved 25 feet to plug the cord in as I stood behind a door in case there was going to be flying parts and pieces. To my surprise it seemed to run fine, so I shut it down and decided I should check it out a little more since it was going to be my " grand find and treasure"
I moved the 2 speed lever from one position to the other but it would not switch back. That is when I saw the writing " change only while motor is running"
Of course it will not run since it is I between positions.
I do have a manual downloaded yet and a quick search did not yield what I was looking for.
Do you know how to get it to move to one of the speeds without me spending a bunch of money on this " find"
Thanks in advance for your time and help
Dave