Dado Cutting
Commonly used in furniture joinery, a dado is a straight channel cut in the face of the workpiece. Dadoes are
Installing Dado Blade
1. | DISCONNECT SAW FROM POWER! |
2. | Move the sliding table out of the way to |
| expose the lower blade cover. |
3. | Remove the standard blade. To loosen the |
| arbor nut, insert the arbor lock tool that came |
| with the saw and turn the arbor nut clockwise |
| (it has |
4. | Remove the spacer block installed on the |
Dado Blade
Workpiece
Fence |
arbor behind the standard blade you removed |
in Step 3. The spacer block is not used when |
dado blades are installed (see Figure 68). |
Spacer Block
Figure 66. Example of a dado being cut with a
dado blade.
This saw can only accept a dado blade with 5⁄8" arbor hole and maximum width of 13⁄16". If you have any doubts or questions about the size of dado blade you want to install, call our Technical Support before proceeding.
In order to install a dado blade, the scoring blade should be removed and a zero-clearance table insert must be made specifically for the dado blade you will install (see Figure 67). Refer to Zero-Clearance Insert on Page 52 for instruc- tions on how to do this.
Dado
Blade
Shop-Made
Table Insert
Figure 67. Dado blade raised into shop-made
zero-clearance table insert.
If you plan on making dadoes at varying widths, we strongly recommend making a zero-clearance table insert for each thickness of dado blade that will be used.
Model G0700 (Mfg. since 8/09)
Figure 68. Dado blade installed on saw with new
zero-clearance table insert.
5.Assemble/adjust the dado blade system to the desired width of cut, according to the dado blade manufacturer’s instructions.
6.Install the dado blade on the arbor shaft, as shown in Figure 69.
Figure 69. Installing a dado blade.
DO NOT make through cuts with a dado blade. Dado blades are only intended for