Are there any dimensional restrictions on the new planer? Are they the same as with the old DeWalt?
I’ve a piece of wood that’s about 6" x 11" and not sure if it’s too short to make it through.
Same as the dewalt, it has to span the two bars on top of the planer.
Pieces that small should use the thickness sander.
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You could make a carrier board or glue two pieces of longer wood to the edges.
Carrier boards are typically used to help with stock that is too thin as opposed to too short. Idea might work if the too short stock was rigidly affixed to carrier, though.
Drum (thickness) sander is probably the way to go. Or go old school and use #5 (or #4) hand plane, maybe.
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Specifics for the Powermatic planer: (all these refer to the dimensions of the stock)
Maximum thickness: 8 in.
Minimum Thickness: 1/8 in.
Max. Full width cutting depth: 3/32 in.
Max. Planing Width: 20 in.
Min. board length: 6 3/4 in.
Hope that helps.
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Really? Surprised it is that short!
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It has to do with the distance between the furthest apart rollers inside the machine. I was also surprised, as this planer seems to have more internal rollers than the Dewalt.
Powermatic to the rescue!
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based on the information from the WSB class, it has 2 rollers.
http://content.powermatic.com/assets/manuals/1791296_man_EN.pdf
Page 15
From the same document, page 7, the specs (already posted)
The DeWalt manuals do not appear to list minimum board length…
http://servicenet.dewalt.com/documents/English/Instruction%20Manual/N089222,DW734.pdf#_ga=1.77390485.1822113706.1480375065
(and their website appears to me to be having some trouble; this was the only one I was able to get to load at all. The gateway kept timing out on any others)
That’s not the Dewalt planer we had.
The parts diagram indicates the DW735 has 2 rollers (infeed and outfeed) and a pressure plate.
This is all irrelevant information.
The first URL @jast posted and the PNG image is relevant w.r.t. our current P/M planer. The second URL not so much…
But our current planer’s minimum length is, unfortunately, a tad too short for OP’s needs.
Nope, if it truly is 6 3/4" minimum, that is more then enough for the OP’s 11" long piece.
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Yeah…Math nerd! Friggin’ new math! Friggin’ Common Core!!
“This” was referring to the entirety of my post. Silly new internet English!
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Gotta love the new planer!
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Yep. But I hate the new dust collector (in it’s current configuration).
Let’s see what you think at the end of the weekend 
Why is it that you appear to be twenty characters of unhappy with the new dust collector?
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…in it’s current configuration. It fills up with about 15 minutes of use of jointer or planer. Then gets used for another 10 hours until the barrel is filled up & jammed, the cyclone is filled up & jammed, and the filter is filled up & jammed with dust and chips. And then the tools, esp. jointer, get filled up & jammed.
In all fairness to the unit, it’s the people, not the machine. But the machine is an easy target
I also realize there are plans to address. Speaking of… @tapper, at what day/time over the weekend are the improvements planned…I’d like to help if I can? Also, reminder there is a wood shop class Sat a.m.
Probably start tonight. But you know me, go with the flow
Our experience in the box class was that although a short piece will pass through the planer, the shorter pieces get rotated upward at the end of the pass, creating a lot of snipe. Sorry - I can’t give you a good estimate of when this starts happening - perhaps 12"? @mkart - do you have a recollection of this?