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G1023S Series Heavy-Duty 10'' Table Saw -31-
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 dado blade
(Figure 28) or a standard saw blade.
To use a stacked or wobble dado blade:
1. Disconnect the machine from the power
source!
2. Remove the table insert, splitter guard, and
regular 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.
5. Raise the dado blade up to the desired depth
of cut (depth of dado channel desired).
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.
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 stock away from the fence will cause
kickback. Be certain that stock is flat and
straight. Failure to follow these warnings
could result in serious personal injury.
6. If dadoing along the long length of your work-
piece, adjust the distance between the fence
and the inside edge of the blade to suit your
needs as shown in Figure 32.
Always use push sticks, featherboards,
push paddles and other safety accessories
whenever possible to increase safety and
control during operations which require the
blade guard and splitter to be removed from
the saw. Failure to follow this warning could
result in serious personal injury.
Never allow hands or arms to be above or
behind the saw blade. Should kickback
occur, the hands and arms could be pulled
into the saw blade causing serious person-
al injury.
Figure 32. Single-blade dado cut.
7. Reconnect the saw to the power source.
8. With one finger ready to push the OFF but-
ton, turn the saw on. The blade should run
smooth with no vibrations or wobbling.
9. When the blade has reached full speed, per-
form a test cut with a scrap piece of wood.