Black & Decker FS210LS Using Auxiliary Woodfacing on RIP Fence, Accessory Dado Cutterhead

USING AUXILIARY WOODFACING ON RIP FENCE

Wood facings (A) Fig. 51 are necessary on some special operations to one or both sides of the rip fence. The wood facing is attached to the fence with screws through the holes in the fence. Most work will require a 3/4 in. stock, although an occasional job may require 1in. facing.

ACCESSORY DADO CUTTERHEAD

NOTE: THE MAXIMUM WIDTH DADO CUT FOR THIS SAW IS 1/2 INCH.

THE BLADE GUARD AND SPLITTER ASSEMBLY CANNOT BE USED WHEN

DADOING. IT MUST BE REMOVED.

Before dadoing, loosen wing nut (A) Fig. 52 and take off the blade guard and splitter assembly (B). Keep assembly handy to replace it after dadoing.

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. 53). Various combinations of saws and cutters are used to cut grooves from 1/8 in. to 13/16 in. 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. 54. The saw and cutter overlap is shown in Fig. 55,

(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 in. 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.

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Fig. 51

B

A

Fig. 52

Fig. 53

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B

C

Fig. 54 Fig. 55

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