Dado Cutting - Grizzly G0623X Owner's Manual

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 86. 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 87). Refer to
Zero-Clearance Insert on Page 61 for instruc-
tions on how to do this.
Shop-Made
Zero-Clearance
Table Insert
Figure 87. 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
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6.
Dado
Blade
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
Move sliding table out of the way to expose
lower blade cover.
Remove standard blade. To loosen arbor
nut, insert arbor lock tool that came with saw
and turn arbor nut clockwise (it has left-hand
threads).
Remove spacer block installed on arbor
behind standard blade you removed in Step
3. Spacer block is not used when dado
blades are installed (see Figure 88).
Figure 88. Dado blade installed on saw with new
zero-clearance table insert.
Assemble/adjust dado blade system to
desired width of cut, according to dado blade
manufacturer's instructions.
Install dado blade on arbor shaft, as shown in
Figure 89.
Figure 89. 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 G0623X/G0623X3 (Mfd. Since 05/22)
Spacer Block