Short-arbor dado blades
Scott Burright
Formerly known as 36-560? Isn't it cute? And it says "deluxe" right on the
box.
My question is about dado blades. If I were real serious about dados and
rabbets, I'd get a contractor's saw. Or I could rout them (the first good
bit I bought was a rabbeting bit), but it occurs to me what a pain it would
be to do a bunch of ship-laps or drawer fronts with a handheld router. (By
the way, if you're rabbeting a bunch of drawer fronts with a handheld
router, can you just clamp them up edge-on and do them in one pass?) But I
keep looking at this little saw and going, surely it can do more than slice
up boards.
So I see that Delta sells a cheap "short arbor" wobble dado, and Oldham
sells an even cheaper one, and that's about it. Delta used to sell a
stacked short-arbor dado set (36-515), but I think it's extinct now. Does
anyone have any experience with any of these, or any other way of cutting
dados on this darling little saw? Am I better off using a handheld router?
Or a bread knife? Or my teeth maybe?
I think for shelf dados and rabbets for cabinet backs, I'd use the router.
And a router table is on my short to-buy list. But it'd sure be convenient
if I could do small suff like drawer fronts on my saw.
Thanks for all remarks, even humorous ones made at my expense.
--Scott Burright
Brian D. LaVoie
back I had craftsman benchtop saw. I remember its arbor wasn't long enough
to accept the full capacity of a stack dado set (13/16" in the case of my
Freud set), it could handle about 1/2" (Both outside blades + 2 chippers).
Maybe someone else will know more about your Delta, but it seems likely that
you'd be able to use a stack dado set to some extent. The width you'd be
able to max out at would obviously be how many chippers you could fit on the
arbor while still being able to fully get the flange and nut securely in
place. Check it out -- If your needs are only 1/4" to 1/2" dados and
rabbets, this may work for you.
--
Brian
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> I am not aware of the specifics of the arbor on your saw, but a few years
> back I had craftsman benchtop saw. I remember its arbor wasn't long
enough
> to accept the full capacity of a stack dado set (13/16" in the case of my
> Freud set), it could handle about 1/2" (Both outside blades + 2 chippers).
Yeah, althought the manual fails to mention it, the Delta website has a
spec, "Max. width of dado:" 1/2" (funny, I swear I read 9/16" somewhere).
I'd read all over the place that the arbor was "too short for a stacking
dado set," and being new to this, I didn't realize you could just leave out
some chippers. (Duh.)
Thanks!
Scott Burright
> I'd read all over the place that the arbor was "too short for a stacking
> dado set," and being new to this, I didn't realize you could just leave
out
> some chippers. (Duh.)
"Duh" is right! How did you think you cut narrower dados on *any* saw?
What, you just read "this saw can't use a stacking set" somewhere on the
internet and believed it? Fool.
--Self
paul
limitation is that you cannot exceed a half inch. The other option is a
short arbour wobble dado blade [they do make them, but may or may not be
easy to find]. In the end, I bought a 6" set of stacked dado's from House
of Tools because the cost wasn't much more than the specialty wobble.
Paul.
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