I've noticed whener anyone talks about dado's round here they refer to the
stacking type. My only experience with a dado blade is one of the
adjustable wobble sort that my father has. Seems to work well enough to
me... and it's significantly less expensive. I was wondering if anybody
could tell me why I would want to go with a stacking blade? Keeping in mind
I'm working on a slim budget and won't be using it all that frequently.
"Chris Gibson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I've noticed whener anyone talks about dado's round here they refer to the
> stacking type. My only experience with a dado blade is one of the
> adjustable wobble sort that my father has. Seems to work well enough to
> me... and it's significantly less expensive. I was wondering if anybody
> could tell me why I would want to go with a stacking blade? Keeping in mind
> I'm working on a slim budget and won't be using it all that frequently.
Up until last week I had an old Craftsman wobble type. It did cut a
dado but it looked really bad. I never knew the difference really.
When I put the blade on last week my saw started vibrating like crazy.
For some reason the blade wasn't cutting a flat bottom but rather a
series of "steps" in the dado. I couldn't figure out what was wrong
so I bought a Freud at the BORG for $95.00. It's a stacked set and
makes a world of difference. It's very smooth when the saw runs -
little to no vibration. It cuts a super flat dado and the sides are
clean as can be. As other people have said here, you can get an exact
width a lot easier too. You still have to take the nut off of the
arbor to adjust it (just like the wobble blade) but at least you can
write down the combination of chippers & shims you used to duplicate
the same width.
Get a stacked set if you can afford it. Lowes also had another
stacked set that was $50. I don't recall the manufacturer but you
might find out and see if anyone has reviewed it.
"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Chris Gibson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I've noticed whener anyone talks about dado's round here they refer to
the
> > stacking type. My only experience with a dado blade is one of the
> > adjustable wobble sort that my father has. Seems to work well enough to
> > me... and it's significantly less expensive. I was wondering if anybody
> > could tell me why I would want to go with a stacking blade? Keeping in
> mind
> > I'm working on a slim budget and won't be using it all that frequently.
>
> If the wobblie thing works good enough for what you want then why worry?
> You can get a reasonably good dado set from Harbor Freight for $19.95(on
> sale) and it works almost as good as the high dollar sets. See comparison
> at:
> http://home1.gte.net/llhote/dadocomp/dadocomp.htm
>
> Larry
>
> --
> Lawrence L'Hote
> Columbia, MO
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>
Hey Chris, listen to Larry on this. I've got that HF Dado set and they are
regularly on for $20. They work better than either of the Sears sets that
were given to me as gifts, and have compared cuts to a sample of the Freud
set ($150), and they seem to stack up pretty well.
Digger
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"Tim V" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> <snip>
> they seem to stack up pretty well.
> <snip>
>
> No pun intended I'm sure.
>
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>
>
Didn't even think about that when I typed it. Is there such a thing as
"accidental genius"? *LOL*
Digger
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Jamie Jackson wrote:
>
> Have you HFers had good luck with producing exacting, repeatable
> widths? ($20 sure sounds more appealing than the $ of a stacked dado.)
The set (8 inch) comes with various brass shims so you can set your
width
in quite fine increments (great for plywood to plywood dados). I did
find
that messing with how each blade is rotated with respect to each other
has
a small effect on the smoothness of the dado bottom. Probably a very
slight
off center hole or tooth grinding issue.
-Bruce
>
> Thanks,
> Jamie
>
>
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:41:24 +0000, SamsDad wrote:
> Repeating a given width is pretty lucky. I bought the HF because I thought
> it would be quicker to adjust, than taking off the nut and messing with
> shims to get exact cuts with my $50 stack set. It ain't.
I was talking about the HF $20 stack dado set, not the wobble set. For my
needs, it's the best bang for the buck. I've used it on melamine with no
chipping, and the bottom of the dado cut is smooth emough for me.
-Doug