Freud Dado Setup

You know Brad, I have been using a stacked dado for about 5 years and every time I set it up I worry about the chippers moving and running into each other. Hasn’t happened yet ;)

You have it right. Don’t get too paranoid and tighten it more than you would any other blade. Run some shallow Dados and get the feel for it. Also, make a few zero clearance inserts so you will have one for each common size (1/4, 1/2, 3/4).

HTH

Scott

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Tightening it should do the job. Never overdoooo it.

They wont spin and hit each other. I use my dado blades often and never had a problem.

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right on… thanks

I did grab some zero clearance inserts at Rockler last time i was up there so i did make a 1/2” today. Worked fine and it makes a nice dado!

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Enjoy,

BTW, making your own zero clearance inserts is a breeze. Get some 1/2” luan and use the factory plate as a template to rout out the profile, then use some little set screws to make levelers so you can make the thing level with the table. I make them all the time. Sure beats $25 a pop for such a disposable item.

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Which set did you get? The 208, 508…?

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I had a bad experience with my dado set. Fortunately it resulted in only damaging several carbide tips. From what I could determine, I did not tighten the arbor nut tight enough. So I had a lot of metal flying around when the various blades began slipping. I do not want to repeat that mistake. I definitely will tighten the nut tighter than I would normally for a single blade.

Does anyone have a method for how tight to torque the arbor nut with a dado set up without over tightening?

Dalec