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Toolmonger » Blog Archive » The Week in Tools: Toolmonger Top 5 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:59:28 +0000

[...] Dial-A-Dado Two dado blade types dominate the industry: “wobble” dado blades, which are simple, but leave the bottom of the dado slightly concave; and stacked dado blades, which leave a flatter bottom, but are usually more expensive and can be difficult to adjust. Freud tries to combine the advantages of both types of dado blades with its Dial-A-Width sets. [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:23:28 +0000

Since I’ve got more time than money, I’m going to try THIS:
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/workshop/dado.html

Stacking some 7 ¼ blades that cost under $10 each. Might take a little investment to find something that leaves a flat bottom but I can always go back to the router and a shop-made jig. $170 would almost get me one of those nice new routers with the in-table depth adjustments. Like THIS:
http://www.amazon.com/Freud-FT1700VCEK-Horsepower-Variable-Router/dp/B000BVB1MO

By: donutboy

donutboy — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:01:09 +0000

Let’s see how bad bosch can screw this company / product up.

By: Mister Peepers

Mister Peepers — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:14:56 +0000

I have to go find out how my mother feels about this.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:36:27 +0000

I’ve got this in the 8″ set. It works just as advertised - it’s very easy. Rockler was having a big sale a few years back. It was also cheaper then. I got it for about $170 on sale.

By: fred

fred — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:46:47 +0000

Price is everything - but if you ruin some expensive laminate with chipout from an inferior set - the price of our Forrest sets start to look cheap

By: Shopmonger

Shopmonger — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:27:04 +0000

Yeah the only thing that keeps me from getting one of these is the proce…
I have a stack dado set and it works great…

I Love freud blades… very smooth finish… But this is just way too expensive. $170 is a ton more to spend, I can get some nice wood to throw through the dado for that .

By: fred

fred — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:25:36 +0000

We love Freud blades in may other applications - but have Forrest Dado sets.
When its time to replace one - this set is up on our list for a try. It may depend on comparative price at that point.

By: Michael W.

Michael W. — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:24:27 +0000

I use a stacked set from Freud (on my dedicated dado tablesaw) which I don’t find difficult to adjust at all, and at around $100 for the 8″ set it’s a heck of a lot better deal. You can buy a few more nice tools for the extra $170.