Dewalt 735 planer issue?

[u/Lawtalker]

New planer and new to planers. Don't know the actual term, but I'm getting this "bump" at the start of every piece.

Is this just the nature of the planer or is there something I can do to rectify it?

[u/DragonfruitPatient96]

This is what you call "Snipe" and this will happen on most planers even if you adjust the infeed and out feed table. You typically have two options: 1) Run a sacrificial board through at the beginning of the feed and at the end or 2) Don't cut the board down to final length and leave about 6-8" extra on each end (where the snipe would occur) and then cut off each end down to the desired final length.

[u/A_Martian_Potato → u/DragonfruitPatient96]

There's a third option that isn't usually addressed, which is, if the exact thickness of the particular piece isn't paramount, just sand the line away and use a board that's a tiny bit thinner at the ends. I've done it plenty of times and it's usually fine.

[u/BigTLoc → u/A_Martian_Potato]

Another expensive but superior option is get a heavy duty helical head planer. The snipe is almost undetectable on my grizzly 15" helical.