IMPORTANT: NEVER RUN THE STOCK BETWEEN THE FENCE AND THE MOULDING CUTTERHEAD. IRREGULAR SHAPED WOOD WILL CAUSE KICKBACK.
IMPORTANT: Special attention should be given the grain direction. Make all cuts in the same direction as the grain whenever possible.
WARNING: ALWAYS INSTALL BLADE GUARD AFTER OPERATION IS COMPLETE.
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Fig. 135
USING ACCESSORY DADO HEAD
IMPORTANT: THE BLADE GUARD AND SPLITTER ASSEMBLY CANNOT BE USED WHEN DADOING OR MOULDING. IT MUST BE REMOVED OR SWUNG TO THE REAR OF THE SAW AS DESCRIBED IN “USING ACCESSORY MOULDING CUTTERHEAD” SECTION.
1.Dadoing is cutting a rabbet or wide groove into the work. Most dado head sets are made up of two outside saws and four or five inside cutters, (Fig. 136). Various combinations of saws and cutters are used to cut grooves from 1/8″ to 13/16″ for use in shelving, making joints, tenoning, grooving, etc. The cutters are heavily swaged and must be arranged so that this heavy portion falls in the gullets of the outside saws, as shown in Fig.
137.The saw and cutter overlap is shown in Fig. 138, (A) being the outside saw, (B) an inside cutter, and (C) a paper washer or washers, used as needed to control the exact width of groove. A 1/4″ groove is cut by using the two outside saws. The teeth of the saws should be positioned so that the raker on one saw is beside the cutting teeth on the other saw.
2.Attach the dado head set (D) Fig. 139, to the saw arbor. IMPORTANT: The blade guard and splitter assembly cannot be used when dadoing and must be removed or swung to the rear of the saw as explained previously in this manual. Auxiliary jigs, fixtures, push sticks, and feather boards should also be used. Also, the accessory dado head table insert (E) Fig. 139, must be used in place of the standard table insert.
3.Fig. 140 shows a typical dado operation using the
miter gage as a guide.
WARNING: NEVER USE THE DADO HEAD IN A BEVEL POSITION.
WARNING: ALWAYS INSTALL BLADE GUARD AFTER OPERATION IS COMPLETED.
Fig. 136
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