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USING ACCESSORY

DADO HEAD

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, as shown in Fig. 68.

Various combinations of saws and cutters are used to

cut grooves from 1/8″ to 13/16″ wide 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. 69. The saw and cutter overlap is shown in Fig. 70,

(A) being the outside saw, (B) an inside cutter, and (C) a

paper washer or washers which can be used as needed

to control the exact width of groove. A 1/4″ groove 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.

Fig. 68

Fig. 69 Fig. 70

Fig. 71

The dado head set (D) Fig. 71, is assembled to the saw

arbor in the same manner as the saw blade. The guard,

splitter, and anti-kickback finger assembly cannot be

used when dadoing and must be removed from the saw.

In place of the guard, auxiliary jigs or fixtures and push

sticks and featherboards should be used. Also, the

accessory dado head table insert (E) Fig. 71, must be

used in place of the standard table insert. Fig. 72, shows a

typical dado operation using the miter gage as a guide.

WARNING: NEVER USE THE DADO HEAD IN A

BEVEL

POSITION.

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS REINSTALL BLADE GUARD

AFTER

OPERATION IS COMPLETE.

Fig. 72

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