Instruction manual

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Attach the dado head set (D) Fig. 61 to the saw arbor.
Use the accessory dado table insert (E) Fig. 67 in place of the standard table insert.
The blade guard and splitter assembly cannot be used when dadoing.
A typical dado operation using the miter gauge as a guide is shown in Fig. 62.
Never use the dado head in the bevel position.
Always install the blade guard after the operation is completed.
USING THE ACCESSORY DADO HEAD
Do not use a dado blade larger than
6" in diameter.
Dadoing is cutting a rabbet or wide groove into the
workpiece. Most dado head sets are made up of two
outside saws and four or five inside cutters (Fig. 58).
Various combinations of saws and cutters are used to cut
grooves from 1/8" to 13/16" 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 (Fig. 59).
The saw and cutter overlap is shown in Fig. 60 with (A)
being the outside saw, (B) an inside cutter, and (C) a
paper washer or washers that are used as needed to
control the exact width of the groove. Cut a 1/4" groove
by using the two outside saws. Position the teeth of the
saws so that the raker on one saw is beside the cutting
teeth on the other saw.
E
D
Fig. 58
Fig. 60
B
C
A
Fig. 62
A
Fig. 61
Fig. 59