DeWalt 36-600 instruction manual Using Accessory Dado Head

USING ACCESSORY

DADO HEAD

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, as shown Fig. 54. Various combinations of saws and cutters are used to cut grooves from 1/8″ to 13/16″ wide 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. 55. The saw and cutter overlap is shown in Fig. 56,

(A)being the outside saw, (B) an inside cutter, and (C) a paper washer or washers which can be 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.

The dado head set (D) Fig. 57, is assembled to the saw arbor in the same manner as the saw blade. The guard, splitter and anti-kickback finger assembly cannot be used when dadoing and must be removed from the saw. In place of the guard, auxiliary jigs or fixtures and push sticks and featherboards should be used. Also, the accessory dado head table insert (E) Fig. 57, must be used in place of the standard table insert. Fig. 58, shows a typical dado operation using the miter gage as a guide.

WARNING: NEVER USE THE DADO HEAD IN A BEVEL POSITION.

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS INSTALL BLADE GUARD AFTER OPERATION IS COMPLETE.

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