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Can you use the two outside blades of a dado set. To cut square cuts?
 
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Yes. Yes you can.

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Cabinetry Furniture Dresser Drawer Chest of drawers


That's a seed storage cabinet I built my wife a few years ago. There's 22 drawers in all.

The outside edge of each of the dado stack blades scores a slightly deeper cut than the rest of the blade, so you end up with a cut that isn't completely flat , but it's pretty close. I would give it a try and if that bothers you, you can buy specific box joint sets which produce a perfectly flat bottom. For me, I've never been bothered by it enough to feel that a dedicated box joint blade would be worth it.

Brian
 

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