Dado Cutting
Commonly used in furniture joinery, a dado is a straight channel cut in the face of the workpiece. Dadoes can be cut using either a dedicated dado blade or a standard saw blade.
The table saw motor is pushed to its limits when making a dado cut. If the motor starts to bog down, slow down your feed rate and make mul- tiple shallow passes.
Dado operations require proper procedures to avoid serious injury. Extra care must be taken to prevent kickback when using dado blades. Any movement of the workpiece away from the fence will cause kickback. Be certain that stock is flat and straight. Failure to follow these warnings could result in serious personal injury.
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To use a stacked or wobble dado blade:
1.DISCONNECT THE SAW FROM POWER!
2.Remove the table insert, the blade guard and splitter, and the saw blade.
3.Install the riving knife.
4.Attach and adjust the dado blade system according to the dado blade manufacturer’s instructions, then install the dado insert.
5.Raise the dado blade up to the desired depth of cut (depth of dado channel desired). When cutting deep dadoes, take more than one pass to reduce the risk of kickback.
The danger of kickback increases relative to the depth and width of a cut. Reduce the risk of kickback by making multiple passes to achieve the desired depth of cut. Failure to follow these warnings could result in seri- ous personal injury.
6.Adjust the distance between the fence and the inside edge of the blade as shown in Figure 47 to dado the length of a workpiece.