Phillip Mitchell
01-29-2022, 11:53 AM
I am needing to outfit my short stroke sliding table saw with a dado stack that will primarily used for joinery, tenoning, etc. The saw is an 80s era SCM SI15F with a ~53” stroke. The sliding table is about 7” to the left of the blade and it has a traditionally shaped zero clearance insert, similar to a cabinet saw but much bigger.
The arbor is 1”, saw motor is 9 HP so not really worried about too much blade. A 12” blade gives me nearly 4” depth of cut which is more than enough on a dado stack. I have a shaper with an adjustable groover that I have been using lately for grooves, etc and I like using the feeder and the clean and consistent results compared to dado stack on a table saw. I had a Powermatic 66 with Freud dado stack for many years but sold it when I got the slider. There are still times I’m finding myself missing a dado set, even outside of tenoning, eg: needing to put a dado or groove in stock that exceeds the limited range of the shaper spindle height.
As far as new offerings with 1” bore I have seen the following
Freud SD512 ~ $250
Amana 12” ~ $325 (or around $250 for 10” version)
Forrest Dado King ~ $450+
Aside from used sets, is there an option I‘m missing?
I really like Tenryu blades and lean toward the industrial side in general, but haven’t readily seen many offerings in the realm aside from used auction sets.
Any recommendations? Photos of the saw below for reference. I also have a 5 HP Tannewitz table saw that also has a 1” arbor and some room on the arbor for a dado stack, though maybe not enough length for a full stack and remaking the zero clearance insert may not be as simple as the SCM saw.
The arbor is 1”, saw motor is 9 HP so not really worried about too much blade. A 12” blade gives me nearly 4” depth of cut which is more than enough on a dado stack. I have a shaper with an adjustable groover that I have been using lately for grooves, etc and I like using the feeder and the clean and consistent results compared to dado stack on a table saw. I had a Powermatic 66 with Freud dado stack for many years but sold it when I got the slider. There are still times I’m finding myself missing a dado set, even outside of tenoning, eg: needing to put a dado or groove in stock that exceeds the limited range of the shaper spindle height.
As far as new offerings with 1” bore I have seen the following
Freud SD512 ~ $250
Amana 12” ~ $325 (or around $250 for 10” version)
Forrest Dado King ~ $450+
Aside from used sets, is there an option I‘m missing?
I really like Tenryu blades and lean toward the industrial side in general, but haven’t readily seen many offerings in the realm aside from used auction sets.
Any recommendations? Photos of the saw below for reference. I also have a 5 HP Tannewitz table saw that also has a 1” arbor and some room on the arbor for a dado stack, though maybe not enough length for a full stack and remaking the zero clearance insert may not be as simple as the SCM saw.