Dado Cutting - Grizzly G0444 Instruction Manual

Dado Cutting

Commonly used in furniture joinery, a dado is a
straight channel cut in the face of the workpiece.
Dadoes can be cut using either a dedicated dado
blade or a standard saw blade.
Dado operations present very real hazards
requiring proper procedures to avoid seri-
ous injury. The chance of kickback is
always greater when dado blades are used
so extra care must be taken. Any movement
of the workpiece away from the fence will
cause kickback. Be certain that stock is flat
and straight. Failure to follow these warn-
ings could result in serious personal injury.
Never perform a through cut operation with
a dado blade. A dado blade was designed to
make non-through cuts only. Failure to fol-
low this warning could result in serious per-
sonal injury.
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To use a stacked or wobble dado blade:
1. Disconnect the machine from the power
source!
Remove the table insert, the blade guard,
2.
and the saw blade.
3. Attach and adjust the dado blade system as
recommended in the dado blade manufac-
turer's instructions.
4. Install the dado table insert.
Raise the dado blade up to the desired depth
5.
of cut (depth of dado channel desired).
If dadoing along the long length of the work-
6.
piece, adjust the distance between the fence
and the inside edge of the blade as shown in
Figure 46.
Figure 46. Single-blade dado cut.
G0444/G0444Z 10" Table Saw