fishman560

Hey what's up everyone. I have a craftsman 10" table saw and I am looking for a dado blade kit. The only ones that I have seen are 8". Anyone know if that is useable on my 10" tablesaw? Anyone have a good site that sells them cheep?

Leo G

8" is a standard sized dado. It will work fine on your full sized saw.

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Hi fishman560

I use a 8" dado set on my 10" saw. I have no problem. The 8" is the most common for a 10" saw.

They can be purchased at any building supply or tool store.

There are people on here that will likely give you some places to look in your area.

This is the set I have http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/pictu...2&NTITEM=SD208

Hope this helps.
John

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That Freud set that John referenced is a good one. You can find it quite a bit cheaper at Amazon. If you don't ever intend to use a sled or cut dados deeper than 1¼" you might want to consider the SD206 which is a 6" set. You'll save yourself a little money over an 8" set and the results will be the same.

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fishman560

Hey thanks for the information.

Gerry KIERNAN

Hi fishman

I use mostly a 7 inch wobble dado with carbide teeth for my dado cuts, and it works great. Easy to adjust, and gives a pretty clean cut. Most of your dados won't be over 1/2 inch deep, so it will work fine on your 10 inch table saw. The only problem I could see is if you have one of those oddball table saw drives that have a diamond shaped drive on the arbour. I don't think they are very common.

Gerry

Charles M

Fishman,

Step one is to consult the saw's user's manual for the max dado specifications. This will vary by saw- some can only take 6" diameter up to 1/2" wide while some can use 8" dado sets up to 13/16" wide. If the saw is 120v (or can be wired for either 120v or 240v) and will accept an 8" you should definitely consider the 6" instead. The cut depth will decrease by 1" but the torque required to operate it will also drop by 25%.

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Woodchuck1957

I had the wobble type Craftsman Excalibur dado blade before, the problem with them is it is next to impossible if not impossible to get anyone to resharpen them. I bought the Freud SD208 stacked set after I had the wobble dado and couldn't be happier. It's a great set for the money and cuts a flater bottom. I'll never buy a wobble dado again.

Gerry KIERNAN

Yeah, I can see where it might be a problem to resharpen them. I haven't used mine enough to wear them out yet. Once I do I will give it a whirl with an abrasive disc in my grinder. I have successfully resharpened carbide tooth saw blades wit a diamond disc, but haven't tried it with the wobble dado yet. Of course, carbide tooth blades have become so inexpensive lately, that it almost isn't worth resharpening them.

The thing I like most about the wobble dado is that I can make different width dadoes without having to disassemble everything. Resetting a stacked dado is a bit of a chore. Getting the width exactly right involves playing around with shims.


Gerry

WDChew

I have a wobble blade and a Freud stacked set. The problem with the wobble is that it can't give a flat bottom to the dado. I use it mostly with my radial arm saw making half laps. If I need a really clean bottom, I use the stacked on the table saw.

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I may have bought a cheap wobble quite awhile back, but my problem with them is , if I set a cut up and tear down the blade and find I need to set it up again at the same width, I can never get it exactly where I had it the last time.

This was my biggest reason for my choice of a set of stacked blades. It is likely me but them wobbles do not like me.

John

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fishman560

According to the instructions that camw with the saw, it says not to use a wobble dado blade. Not sure why, but I guess I will stay away from them. The cost of the dado blade is more than I thought, so I will have to wait and just use the standard blade and make due. Thanks for all your input.

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fishman560

You can get cheaper dado sets for example http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/pictu...1&NTITEM=D3588

Grizzly in the USA is usually a bit cheaper than Busy Bee, maybe a less expensive set could do what you want.

Good woodworking
John

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Read your owners manual on the saw. Sears rebrands a LOT of different tools under the Craftsman name. Many of those table saws can only take a 6" Dado set, the bigger saws can take the 8" models. It all depends on the saw...

Why do you need a 10" dado? You aren't going to through cut with a dado set... I am a bit confused here...

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