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.
Dado operations present very real hazards requiring proper procedures to avoid seri- ous injury. The chance of kickback is always greater when dado blades are used so extra care must be taken. Any movement of the workpiece away from the fence will cause kickback. Be certain that stock is flat and straight. Failure to follow these warn- ings could result in serious personal injury.
Never perform a through cut operation with a dado blade. A dado blade was designed to make
To use a stacked or wobble dado blade:
1.Disconnect the machine from the power source!
2.Remove the table insert, the blade guard, and the saw blade.
3.Attach and adjust the dado blade system as recommended in the dado blade manufac- turerÕs instructions.
4.Install the dado table insert.
5.Raise the dado blade up to the desired depth of cut (depth of dado channel desired).
6.If dadoing along the long length of the work- piece, adjust the distance between the fence and the inside edge of the blade as shown in Figure 46.
Figure 46. Single-blade dado cut.
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