DadoMax

[John F. Snyder]

Anybody have any experience with this product from Woodline? The Woodworking Show is coming to Somerset, NJ in a couple of weeks and I am planning on picking one up. Thanks.

[richard poitras]

I have had one for about 3 years....excelent product ... buy it!

Richard

[Bill Huber]

Anybody have any experience with this product from Woodline? The Woodworking Show is coming to Somerset, NJ in a couple of weeks and I am planning on picking one up. Thanks.

I watched the video on it and it looks really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqZmQxEBCJQ



I have had one for about 3 years....excelent product ... buy it!

Richard

I thought it was a new jig, the way they showed it at the 2009 show was a NEW jig. I guess it maybe new for them.

[John F. Snyder]

Bill,
Thanks for the link. I do not recall seeing this jig at last years Woodworking Show. It looks pretty good, now I have to decide to order one on-line or wait until Feb. 19 to get one in person.
John

(I also enjoyed the Torque Center, pretty impressive).

[Roger Bolen]

I have had one for several years and it has been very helpful in cabinet making. It works extreamely well and I have no regrets for the purchase.

Roger

[guy knight]

i got one at the last show works as good as they say love mine

[richard poitras]

I have had one for about 3 years....excelent product ... buy it!

Richard

John I am very sorry I miss read your question and thought it said Dowel Max...:eek: Iam bad.. I have never use this tool..

Sorry Richard

[Dave Lehnert]

I also would be interested in any woodworkers who have used this.

Just to be clear. This is a DadoMax not a DowelMax.

[Rick Potter]

I bought one at the last local show. The Dado Max is Woodlines take on the Dado Wiz which has been around a while. The Dado Max is slightly improved, allowing you to zero in your router a bit better.

Funny, because I went to that show with plans to buy a Dado Wiz, but they weren't there, and I just happened to come across the Dado Max as it was being demo'd.

I like it a lot, and am using it for some cabinet dado's right now. Be sure to get the DOWN cut spiral bit for it, it cuts prefinished plywood without tearout......in both directions, with the grain, and cross grain. I bought a 3/8 and a 1/4 bit.

PLEASE NOTE: They have package deals with their Blue Max clamp included. I bought it this way, and when I used the clamp a couple times it started to slip, and I ruined a couple cabinet sides this way. The clamp, like others of it's type, has fingers that ride on a steel rod. When you tighten it the fingers grip the rod with friction.

Here's the deal....the Blue Max clamp has plastic fingers. If you tighten a little too much they get divots in them and will slip.

Here's the solution....The Dado Max also fits my old Tru Grip clamps. They are the same size as the Blue Max clamps, and they are made in the USA, with steel gripping fingers.

The Blue max clamp package also includes a little right angle guide that you screw on the clamp. I am not impressed, and after several tries I quit using it, instead measuring both ends of the clamp.

I highly recommend the Dado Max and the bits, but I wish I had not bought the package deal.

Rick Potter
Your mileage may vary.

PS: I called Woodline and talked to Wayne (owner) about the clamps. He sent me a set of innards for it. They had the same plastic fingers, and I didn't bother putting them on.

[Dan Forman]

I bought one at the last local show. The Dado Max is Woodlines take on the Dado Wiz which has been around a while. The Dado Max is slightly improved, allowing you to zero in your router a bit better.

Funny, because I went to that show with plans to buy a Dado Wiz, but they weren't there, and I just happened to come across the Dado Max as it was being demo'd.

I like it a lot, and am using it for some cabinet dado's right now. Be sure to get the DOWN cut spiral bit for it, it cuts prefinished plywood without tearout......in both directions, with the grain, and cross grain. I bought a 3/8 and a 1/4 bit.

PLEASE NOTE: They have package deals with their Blue Max clamp included. I bought it this way, and when I used the clamp a couple times it started to slip, and I ruined a couple cabinet sides this way. The clamp, like others of it's type, has fingers that ride on a steel rod. When you tighten it the fingers grip the rod with friction.

Here's the deal....the Blue Max clamp has plastic fingers. If you tighten a little too much they get divots in them and will slip.

Here's the solution....The Dado Wiz also fits my old Tru Grip clamps. They are the same size as the Blue Max, and they are made in the USA, with steel gripping fingers.

The Blue max clamp package also includes a little right angle guide that you screw on the clamp. I am not impressed, and after several tries I quit using it, instead measuring both ends of the clamp.

I highly recommend the Dado Wiz and the bits, but I wish I had not bought the package deal.

Rick Potter
Your mileage may vary.

PS: I called Woodline and talked to Wayne (owner) about the clamps. He sent me a set of innards for it. They had the same plastic fingers, and I didn't bother putting them on.

Rick ---Are you getting these confused? I think the last couple of times you said "Wiz" you meant "Max". True?

Dan

[Rick Potter]

Dan,

Yup, I mixed them up. I will correct it.

RP

[Jack Clark]

Infinity Tools offers what appears to be a similar jig.

They call it the Precision Router Dado Jig, #PDJ-100.

Just wondering if anyone has had experience with it?

http://www.infinitytools.com/Precision-Router-Dado-Jig/productinfo/PDJ-100/

[John F. Snyder]

Thanks for all of the replies. I checked out the Infinity jig video and there seems to be one major difference when adjusting for the second pass (if necessary) on the dado. The DadoMax has an initial setting made off the shelf to be inserted in the dado and then the two passes are made with the guide sliding from one side to the other. With the Infinity, it seems that after making the first pass, you must take a measurement and then adjust the jig.
Dan, thanks for the info on the Blue Max clamps.

[Dave Mendoza]

Does anyone know what they cost at the show? I don't remember when Woodline runs their 15% off sale.

[Jack Clark]

With the Infinity, it seems that after making the first pass, you must take a measurement and then adjust the jig.


Yes, that is what I concluded also after watching their video. That little irritation would make me lean toward the Woodline DadoMax.

[Greg Sznajdruk]

I have the DadoWiz which is the same type of jig in good faith I can not recommend this version. At the show the demonstrator made it look fool proof ( like many things at the show) in practice it leaves a lot to be desired. The sled binds on the track and rocks across the guide. The results is generally a ruined work piece. DadoWiz has a 800 support number which is answered by a machine you leave a message and you NEVER get a call back.

Have no experience with the DadoMax.

Greg