Conrad Aquino
12-15-2006, 3:45 PM
I finally broke down and bought my first stacked dado set (Freud SD 508) last month, and I'm just now getting around to using it.
Previously I had been using an ancient Sear's wobble dado blade and I would true up the bottom cut with my router, if it was really needed.
The saw is a 21 yr old Delta 10" CS, I wanted to use the set to cut a 3/4" Dado to recess some shelf brackets and when I attempted to put the stack on the arbor, there was hardly any threads left for the arbor nut to engage on, in fact I felt it was too unsafe with the amount of threads (2 or 3) to even attempt using the set up.
Question, have I messed up by purchasing the wrong dado set (1-1/2 motor horsepower not withstanding) for a CS? The Saw's manual made no mention of a particular size to use, in fact in the back under the list of accessories available, both a 6" & 8" stacked sets are listed. Is that the possible answer, I'm stuck having to use the sets made by Delta to work with their saws?
Or are contractor style saws known for having shorter arbors than cabinet saws and I just need to live with that fact and use my router with a 3/4 straight bit to cut the dado instead? :confused:
I did a search of the forum and didn't find anything (at least with the search arguments I used) regarding this.
Thanks,
Conrad
Previously I had been using an ancient Sear's wobble dado blade and I would true up the bottom cut with my router, if it was really needed.
The saw is a 21 yr old Delta 10" CS, I wanted to use the set to cut a 3/4" Dado to recess some shelf brackets and when I attempted to put the stack on the arbor, there was hardly any threads left for the arbor nut to engage on, in fact I felt it was too unsafe with the amount of threads (2 or 3) to even attempt using the set up.
Question, have I messed up by purchasing the wrong dado set (1-1/2 motor horsepower not withstanding) for a CS? The Saw's manual made no mention of a particular size to use, in fact in the back under the list of accessories available, both a 6" & 8" stacked sets are listed. Is that the possible answer, I'm stuck having to use the sets made by Delta to work with their saws?
Or are contractor style saws known for having shorter arbors than cabinet saws and I just need to live with that fact and use my router with a 3/4 straight bit to cut the dado instead? :confused:
I did a search of the forum and didn't find anything (at least with the search arguments I used) regarding this.
Thanks,
Conrad