Any opinions on Freud SD508 Super Dado

[Bill Wyko]

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this blade? I'm in the market for a dado blade so I figured the best place to get an awnser is SMC.:)

[James Phillips]

I have the cheap ($99) freud dado blade and it is good so I imagine the 508 is very good.

[Gary Whitt]

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this blade? I'm in the market for a dado blade so I figured the best place to get an awnser is SMC.:)
I've had it for a couple of years now.

LOVE IT!

Did not need a 6" set.

[Jim Becker]

The SD508 is a highly respected dado set and always has ratings at or almost at the top of the pile.

[glenn bradley]

Have it. Love it. It is everything the reviews say. Cuts clean, flat, no question this was the right stack for me.

[Jeff Hallam]

I had a cheap ($100) dado set that I returned and then purchased the 508. What a great set of blades! Haven't looked at anything else since.

[Jules Dominguez]

I bought an SD508 sometime in the last year, and have only used it once, but it's a good tool, easy to set up and makes a clean cross-grain cut. I'm a little puzzled about the comments regarding "cheap $99 dados", because I don't recall paying much more than that (maybe $130) for the 508.

My older dado, which is semi-retired, is a 25 year old Craftsman wobble-plate which cuts fine with the grain, but tears out on cross grain. To do it justice, I don't remember ever having it professionally sharpened, and I have a sentimental fondness for it.

[glenn bradley]

I bought an SD508 sometime in the last year, and have only used it once, but it's a good tool, easy to set up and makes a clean cross-grain cut. I'm a little puzzled about the comments regarding "cheap $99 dados", because I don't recall paying much more than that (maybe $130) for the 508.

My older dado, which is semi-retired, is a 25 year old Craftsman wobble-plate which cuts fine with the grain, but tears out on cross grain. To do it justice, I don't remember ever having it professionally sharpened, and I have a sentimental fondness for it.

I did get the SD508 for $149 with a 25% off coupon from Rockler. Retails around $200, somebody's got to pay for all that carbide :D .

[Bruce Page]

Bill, you can't go wrong with the 508. It'll cut flat & clean dados all day long.

[Brian Kent]

It's my first dado blade and there has never been a tearout. Completely flat bottom. I marked the thicknesses on each blade with a permanent marker. Love it!

[Bill Wyko]

Alright you convinced me. I got it.:D Thanks everyone.