Delta TS350 Instruction Manual page 26

1. Dadoing is cutting a rabbet or wide groove into the
work. Most dado head sets are made up of two
outside saws and four or five inside cutters, (Fig.
S17). Various combinations of saws and cutters are
used to cut grooves from 1/8" to 13/16" for use in
shelving, making joints, tenoning, grooving, etc. The
cutters are heavily swaged and must be arranged so
that the teeth do not hit each other during rotation.
The heavy portion of the cutters should fall in the
gullets of the outside saws, as shown in Fig. S18.
The saw and cutter overlap is shown in Fig. S19
(A) being the outside saw, (B) an inside cutter, and
(C) a paper washer or washers, used as needed to
control the exact width of groove. A
by using the two outside saws. The teeth of the saws
should be positioned so that the raker on one saw is
beside the cutting teeth on the other saw.
2. Attach the dado head set (D) Fig. S20, to the saw
arbor. NOTE: If the arbor nut does not fully engage the
thread on the arbor, remove the outside arbor flange
and tighten the arbor nut against the dado head set
body. Do not lose the outside arbor flange. It will be
needed when reattaching a blade to the arbor.
3. Fig. S21, shows a typical dado operation using the
miter gauge as a guide.
Always install blade guard and standard
table insert after operation is completed.
Never use the dado head in a bevel
position.
USING AUXILIARY WOOD FACING
It is necessary when performing special operations such
as when using the moulding cutterhead to add wood
facing (A) Fig. S22, to one or both sides of the rip
fence. Depending on the fence, the wood facing is
attached to the fence either with wood screws through
holes drilled in the fence or with two clamps (as shown in
Fig. S22). For most work, 3/4" stock is suitable, although
an occasional job may require one-inch facing.
1 / "groove is cut
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Fig. S18
D
Fig. S20
Fig. S21
A
Fig. S22
B
A
C
Fig. S19
E