Dado blades?

[Aaron Berk]

Any one know a good source for dado blades that fit on a 1" arbor?

[Neal Clayton]

forrestblades.com

[Van Huskey]

Forrest will hook you right up, though I tend to be a Freud guy I haven't yet used a dado that beats the King, I think they charge $35 for a non-standard bore. I assume you aren't looking for a 10" or larger set as those usually come bored to fit a 1" arbor. If you are looking for something with a less...umm..premium price I don't know anything off hand but I am sure they exists. Some sharpening services will bore blades but may not be cost effective on a stacked dado.

[Neal Clayton]

yeah, i have an old RAS with an odd bore size (3/4), for opening up a single blade, i can get the local machine shop to do that for about 50 bucks. for a whole set of dado blades, though, it's not really cost effective, better off just buying a whole set from a saw blade maker that's the proper size to start with.

[Van Huskey]

yeah, i have an old RAS with an odd bore size (3/4), for opening up a single blade, i can get the local machine shop to do that for about 50 bucks. for a whole set of dado blades, though, it's not really cost effective, better off just buying a whole set from a saw blade maker that's the proper size to start with.


Wow, $50 is expensive I think my old blade guy charged about $15.

[Rod Sheridan]

FS Tools, I recently had some blades bored to 30mm and they charged about $12 per blade to do that.

Regards, Rod.

[James Biddle]

Ridge Carbide recently introduced their 12" blade with a 1" arbor for table saws. I bought one for my MM slider and it's a really nice blade.

[Aaron Berk]

Does the 1" arbor dado from Grizzly give any one pause for concern? I'll be using it on mostly pine lumber and birch plywood.

The price point sold me $79.99
http://grizzly.com/outlet/8-Dado-Blade-Set-w-1-Bore/H8087

I'll invest in the Forrest dado King when I get into my high end jobs. I do run a Forrest WW2 for my standard blade.

[Van Huskey]

Does the 1" arbor dado from Grizzly give any one pause for concern? I'll be using it on mostly pine lumber and birch plywood.

The price point sold me $79.99
http://grizzly.com/outlet/8-Dado-Blade-Set-w-1-Bore/H8087

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In a word, yes. When you are talking plywood I want a high quality dado set to prevent tear-out. But it is more than a 1/3 the price of a DK. I would spend some time looking at the mid-level stuff to see if you have an alternative.

[Neal Clayton]

Wow, $50 is expensive I think my old blade guy charged about $15.

machine shop i go to has a 50 dollar minimum :(