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Bat ears make the most difference for box joints, and the box joint blades do cut truly flat bottoms. Freud's set does precise 1/4" and 3/8" widths, and slightly wider widths with dado shims. Some other brands now offer a wider range of sizes. That might be a good option if you need truly flat bottoms to your dado, though I don't know if any are available in a 6" blade.
Phil: I live in Shorewood, and have both the Freud box joint set and the Dewalt dado set, if you want to try one.
Last edited by Alan Schwabacher; 01-23-2011 at 11:05 PM.
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Ah.. Thanks, Alan.. I hadn't even considered box joints when I was pondering over the reasons why.
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Alan: Thanks, but I don't have an immediate need. I'm just planning for the future.
I had the Forrest 6" which I felt produced very pronounced wings.
On occasion I have made projects where the dado was exposed and where I didn't like those wings showing up. It wouldn't be bad if they were very subtle, but the ones on the Forrest were (IMHO) too large.
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Phil, the ears on the FS Tools dado are very subtle..........Rod.
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