This is a genuine Dewalt replacement part, it is sold individually. The purpose of this screw is to secure the planer knives to the cutterhead on the planers shown below. It is also used on the DW7351 Folding Table. It is a allen head screw. A complete set of 24 screws including the wrench can be ordered by using part number 5140067-11, the screws in the set are Torx heads.
Simply remove all the screws from the blade clamp as though you were changing blades. Replace blade and new blade clamp using a mix of the original screws and three new screws that replaced three lost screws that vibrated loose and were lost to the dust collector.
Incidentally, I also bought a blade sharpener made for planers and jo
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Remove depth adjustment wheel by taking the center bolt off
Remove wheel from planer
Place a hand towel on work area in case ball is dropped
Make sure the nap or the towel is thick enough to hold the ball in case it is accidentally dropped
Put small dab of grease on top of spring to hold ball in place during rea
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Make sure to use enough grease to hold the ball securely when the wheel is tipped sideways for reinstallation
Select one of the detents to put ball into
Align ball with the selected detent and place wheel in place
Hold wheel securely against the machine with one hand while placing the bolt into recess
While still holding the wheel firmly in place tighten bolt with free hand
Let go of wheel and turn to check that it works correctly and stops in all of the detents
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The screws were not torqued correctly, therefore, one backed out, causing the blade holder and blade to destroyed.
1. Remove cover from blade area
2. Put on good quality leather gloves, blades are sharp!
3. Remove damaged blade cover and blade
4. Install new blade and cover
5. Use cordless impact driver to install screws in blade holder
6. After 30 minutes of use, check blade screw torque
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Wood chip had lodged under the blade holder causing it to bend and that caused a dip in the planed wood
Removed the top of the planer, removed the dust/chip ejection chute, rotated and locked the blades, removed the 8 screws holding the bent blade holder bar and installed the new bar then reassembled the planer.
1. Wearing safety glasses, I used my Dremel with a cut off disc to grind a slot in the head of the Allen head screws that hold the blades in my DeWalt planer.
2. I broke the stripped screws loose with a large flat head screw driver.
3. I replaced the old screws with new Torx head screws.
4. I used one new screw per bla
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