dado blades

[jeff oldham]

im thinking about getting a set of dado blades and I found you can get them in 6 and 8 inch,,which needless to say the 6 inch is cheaper,,,,,other than the price,,is there a difference in the two,,,

[Nick Decker]

Well, obviously, depth of cut. 6" is probably good for most projects, but you can be sure of this: If you go with 6", there is a project in your future that will make you wish you'd gone with 8".

[glenn bradley]

Tooth count and speed due to the diameter. If you will only cut shallow dados a 6" will probably do you fine. Obviously, be sure your saw's arbor will take a dado and will hold the number of chippers you need to do what you want to do.

[michael langman]

The 8 inch stack is not rcommended for light saws 1hp and under.

[Jamie Buxton]

I bought the Freud 8" stack (SD208), and was surprised and disappointed to find that it has negative tooth angles. Freud does say that in the specs -- I just wasn't paying attention. Dunno whether other 8" sets are like this.

[George Yetka]

If your on a sawstop Im not sure the dado cartridge will work with the 6" stack

[Jim Becker]

The majority of time, folks don't cut into the wood with a dado set more than 3/4"-1" or so which makes the 6" more than adequate. As someone mentioned, it's also easier on lower powered saws, too.

George's comment is more and more important these days with so many folks adopting Sawstop table saws...you must buy something known to be compatible to avoid issues with the flesh sensing technology.

[Doug Dawson]

If your on a sawstop Im not sure the dado cartridge will work with the 6" stack

It absolutely won't work with a 6" stack. It has to be 8".