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I am in the market for a 12/14 " table saw. Would a 8 or 10" dado blade be big enough? I do not think most dadoes need to be more then one inch deep or so. Not sure how far up the blade goes. I understand on a delta 12/14 the 14" blade does not go all the way below the table but the 12" blade does.
Bill D
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10" is plenty large for a 12-14" saw. I have a 12" on my Whitney and a full 1.5" width is too heavy IMO for a typical Delta 12-14 type build. Arbor will carry it but hard on the bearings as they are small compared to the 6311 on my machine. The 10" is a nice size. I have 6"-12" and the shallow angle of the large diameters works well if the machine can swing the weight. Dave
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Do you know the RPM of the arbor? Assuming its set to give you optimal performance with a 12-14" blade, a 6-8" dado might have too low of a tip speed for optimal cutting. I run a 10" dado on my PM72 and it performs well. Cant imagine ever needing that much cutting depth on a dado stack though.
If this delta is run off a VFD, you could speed the motor up when using a small dado blade.
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