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Fig. 51
Fig. 52
Fig. 49 Fig. 50
Fig. 48A
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.
48A). Various combinations of saws and cutters are
used to cut grooves from 1/8 inch to 13/16 inch for
use in shelving, making joints, tenoning, grooving,
etc. The cutters are heavily swaged and must be
arranged so that this heavy portion falls in the
gullets of the outside saws, as shown in Fig. 49. The
saw and cutter overlap is shown in Fig. 50, (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 1/4 inchgroove
is cut 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. 51, to the saw
arbor.
NOTE: THE OUTSIDE ARBOR FLANGE CAN NOT BE
USED WITH THE DADO HEAD SET, 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.
WARNING: THE ACCESSORY DADO HEAD SET
TABLE INSERT (E) FIG. 51, MUST BE USED IN
PLACE OF THE STANDARD TABLE INSERT.
WARNING: THE BLADE GUARD AND SPLITTER
ASSEMBLY CANNOT BE USED WHEN DADOING
AND MUST BE REMOVED OR SWUNG TO THE
REAR OF THE SAW. AUXILIARY JIGS, FIXTURES,
PUSH STICKS AND FEATHER BOARDS SHOULD
ALSO BE USED.
3. Fig. 52, shows a typical dado operation using the
miter gage as a guide.
CAUTION: NEVER USE THE DADO HEAD IN A
BEVEL POSITION.
WARNING: ALWAYS INSTALL BLADE GUARD
AFTER OPERATION IS COMPLETED.
A
B
C
D
E