Craftsman 6″ Stacked Dado Blade
By Paul Lapczynski
My quest for a dado blade began on eBay where, after numerous searches, I picked up an older 7″ adjustable dado with carbide blades. The first time I used it I discovered that my contractor saws won’t hold most blades — the shaft diameter was right, but there weren’t enough threads to hold the blade on. So I did some additional research, found out that I’d need to use a smaller blade, and ended up with the Craftsman 6″ Stacked Dado Blade.
This stacked blade cuts a fairly smooth bottom. I built a couple of beehives, so I had to make plenty of box joints and grooves with the dado — it performed great, and the boxes turned out great.
The blade comes with two 8-1/16″ chippers, a handful of cardboard shims, and two outside blades that cut 1/8″ each. The blade will cut up to about a 1/2″-wide dado and will fit on saws with a 5/8″ arbor. Even though I have no wear on my blades yet, my only wish is that these were made with carbide tips.
The Craftsman 6″ Stacked Dado Blade sells for $37.
6″ Dado Blade [Sears]
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April 20th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I’ve got one of these that has 4 chippers, 3, 1/8″ and 1, 1/16″. It works great, but I wish I had a 1/32 shim/chipper to use for the common metric plywoods.
April 20th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Here is the carbide you want. http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?Offerings_ID=17313&TabSelect=Details
April 20th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Thanks Theron! The 20% off Rockler e-mail coupon helps it hard to pass up.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I grabbed this one:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=21691&cookietest=1
for $40.
April 21st, 2009 at 1:17 am
I ordered this product after seeing it on TV and reading reviews online. It seemed easy enough to use. It arrived ontime from Amazon and I completeed my first project within the first few days of owning it. I started with some simple drawer pullouts for our kitchen cabinets, the pocket joints were so easy. I am really excited about building more. Easy to use, with a little sanding after you plug the holes it is easy to finish. I highly recommend this product.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:48 am
Please stop spamming threads with astroturfed placements.