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Dado Cutting
Commonly used in furniture joinery, a dado is a
straight channel cut in the face of the workpiece.
Dadoes are "non-through" cuts that can be made
with a dado blade or a standard saw blade. The
Figure below shows a cutaway view of a dado cut
being made with a dado blade.
Dado Blade
Workpiece
Figure 59. Example of a dado being cut with a
dado blade.
This saw can only accept a dado blade with
arbor hole and maximum width of
have any doubts or questions about the size of
dado blade you want to install, call our Technical
Support before proceeding.
In order to install a dado blade, the scoring blade
should be removed and a zero-clearance table
insert must be made specifically for the dado
blade you will install (see Figure 60). Refer to
Zero-Clearance Insert on Page 52 for instruc-
tions on how to do this.
Shop-Made
Zero-Clearance
Table Insert
Figure 60. Dado blade raised into shop-made
zero-clearance table insert.
If you plan on making dadoes at varying widths,
we strongly recommend making a zero-clearance
table insert for each thickness of dado blade that
will be used.
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Installing Dado Blade
1.
2.
3.
4.
Fence
⁄
"
5
8
⁄
". If you
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Figure 61. Dado blade installed on saw with new
5.
6.
Dado
Blade
DISCONNECT SAW FROM POWER!
Move the sliding table out of the way to
expose the lower blade cover.
Remove the standard blade. To loosen the
arbor nut, insert the arbor lock tool that came
with the saw and turn the arbor nut clockwise
(it has left-hand threads).
Remove the spacer block installed on the
arbor behind the standard blade you removed
in Step 3. The spacer block is not used when
dado blades are installed (see Figure 61).
zero-clearance table insert.
Assemble/adjust the dado blade system to
the desired width of cut, according to the
dado blade manufacturer's instructions.
Install the dado blade on the arbor shaft, as
shown in Figure 62.
Figure 62. Installing a dado blade.
DO NOT make through cuts with a dado
blade. Dado blades are only intended for
non-through cuts. Failure to heed this
warning could result in serious injury.
Model G0700 (Mfd. Since 5/14)
Spacer Block
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