How To Install Dado Blades
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- In this video I'll show you how to properly install a dado blade stack, so that you can make great channel cuts in your wood. If you wish to see the dado blade set or buy it check the link below:
Freud 8" Dado Blades - amzn.to/2UfqOQ4
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This is the exact dado set and 3/8 inch dado that I needed to cut but never use or set one up. Thanks a million
Its a beauty set! Happy to help!
I am a Rigid tool user and I liked your demo using the same tools I have. Well explained.
Thanks, happy I can help!
Awesome! I have the same dado set and you answered all my (beginning woodworker) dado questions.
Bill that's awesome to hear! Please feel free to answer any other questions you may have wood wise 😉
I just went out into the shop and used it for the first time. It worked like a charm. I've had it for about a year and never felt comfortable or a real need to use it until now. Thanx for the help!
I came here because it was a short video it was also very well done thank you
Cheers!
Thanks for the excellent video, I'm building my own bee hive boxes, rabbit area took four fence adjustments and cuts the old way.
Can you believe this 60 yr old woman is making her own kitchen cabinet doors in my girl cave? Thanks for sharing!
Good luck!
I have the same Ridgid table saw. What you're calling the "blade guard mount" is actually a riving knife. The orange lever that you said is there to prevent the blade from coming off is actually there to lock the riving knife in place. Once you swing the lever up, the riving knife will slide out of it's mount without the use of any tools. In fact, the riving knife sets in there in 2 positions. The first is the way you have it so it will hold the blade guard, the second position sets it lower into the saw so it can remain in place while making cuts that don't go all the way through the workpiece like when cutting dados. It an important safety device that can prevent kickbacks. You should read your owner's manual.
Sal Giordano Thanks Sal, I did know it was a riving knife but I haven't used the adjusted height you mention. I always find that the riving knife would get distorted or need fine tuning too frequently, so I remove it during a dado or partial depth cut. Appreciate the notes, and agreed that it is a key piece for preventong kick back.
The riving knife is useless with a dado blade. The thickness of the riving knife is the same as the kerf of the normal saw blade, so that it keeps the sawn wood in the outfeed from closing in and binding the blade. With a dado blade, it can't do that. However, because the width of the dado cut is wide, it's not needed.
Came here to say exactly this! Thank you
Thanks for the video, my sons and I are making some inlaid cornhole sets and you took the worry out of using them for the first time!
That's great news Jason, I'm happy to hear you aren't worried anymore! Feel free to ask any questions you may have in the future and keep tuning in for more videos! :)
This was so helpful especially seeing it on my Ridgid table saw!
Jennifer Sanjines I'm glad you had the same saw, makes it that much easier for you to replicate! 😉
Thank you! You made it simple and clear for this dummy!!
Now you're a Smarty!
Excellent explanation for us beginners. Keep the videos coming
Domingo Garcia I'll do my best 😉
Handcrafted by Chris Palmer what he said. Bravo, mate.
Excellent video. This was exactly what I needed to see and you did an awesome job explaining each step of the way. Very clear, very thorough. Subscribed! Thank you
Thank you! Happy to be able to educate!
Hello and thanks for the video.. I just received a set of those blades but I don't understand the spacers and shims, looks to me if I installed the shims or spacers, it would make a gap in the cut, wondering if you could give me a quick explanation of how to use them? thanks !!
Hey Jack, the shims are thin enough to not create a gap, but you need to put them in between blades in multiple spots not all in one location. Spacers, do the same, we only use them to fine tune the material fit, not intended to stack them all up at once. Hope this helps
Good thing you installed those 3 chippers
Thank you. Very helpful.
Glad to help!
Thank you.
Welcome!
Thank you...that was very helpful.
You are most welcome!
Spot on. Thank you!
Most welcome! 🙌
thanks for the info.
Muchas gracias por tu vídeo , ha sido de mucha ayuda para apretar a usar mí set disco dado Freud ..👍🏼👍🏼
Thx
thnx
good job. Thanks!
i did not see how you would align multiple chippers to ensure they did not connect with one another. great explanation for one chipper though....
Literally follow the same pattern for each additional. Offset the teeth so they won't make contact. 👍
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer thank you! it was the most likely situation, but with spinning blades i want to be sure!
Great video....Thanks
Most welcome!
How come you don’t use the stabilizer washers the include? Just curious. I’m new to the dado blade.
There's shims for the blades to make micro adjustments but no washers that are called stabilizers. I use the standard saw washers that are used to compress the blades. Was there stabilizer washers in your set? This is news to me.
Have the Diablo Dado Set from Home Depot, followed the stacking guide for "3/4" and was left with a cut that was 1/32 too small. To be fair, I'd rather have not enough then too much, as I can always sneak up to my cut, but it's annoying that their chart isn't accurate.
Chris Haugh did you try using the shims? Also, it's possible your material thickness could be off as wood is never perfect, hence the shims 😉
Handcrafted by Chris Palmer firstly, nice name :) and to further your point, I did. It appears there are different sets and I don't think the chart I looked at was for my set (as it was labeled alphabetically) and mine is not. Thus the 1/32 miscue and ensuing headache. Oh and the wood I'm using is dead-on 3/4" Baltic Birch Ply as I checked and re-checked for accuracy as I learned the hard way about the golden rule of "measure twice cut once."
Chris Haugh haha, thanks and yes I am a fan of your name as well 😉
Sorry to hear of the labels, but sounds like you're a smarter person and figured out the necessary adjustments in the end. Did you try to return it for the other set? Was there anymore shims you could've used?
Chris Haugh oh and yes Baltic birch is very accurate, but I still check with varying humidity levels 😉
Your plywood isn’t 3/4”.
just what i needed
Ken Jones Hope you can really use your Dado blades to their full potential now 😉
Thanks Chris. I knew there was a secret.
Haha, I guess so!
Ive got the same saw you do and I was wondering where you got the DADO throat plate?
Available at the Ridgid service centre. If you look on the website they list service shops in your area. It also maybe available for online purchase, but I haven't checked.
RIDGID has a online parts catalog & you can find they don't have parts for all their tools like motor brushes & caps for the TP1300 thickness planer & belts for the 14" drill press . when these cheap parts wear out you have $1,000.00 in tools worth $1 in scrap .
How does the twin blade adjustable dado set (as seen in some early New Yankee Workshop videos) compare to a stacked dado set? I've watched these early videos and to me the adjustable dado seems to do the same job as a stacked dado. To me the adjustable dado looks less hassle to use as you just simply adjust it to the width you want, rather than juggling the chippers and shims.
I wish I could offer information on those, I only use the chipper/shim style and enjoy them. I have watched the wobble style, but can't offer insight sorry.
Great tips. Is a 6” Freud better for occasional home cutting than the 8” (based on price and not having an industrial motor on my table saw -Kobalt saw)? 🇨🇦
The key aside from the saw is depth of dados. If you will never go deeper than 1" or whatever a 6" set max depth is, then stick to the 6" for sure
Great video...thanks!
Rob Law thanks, appreciate the positive feedback 😉
I have the exact same dado set but my cuts do not end up flat on the bottom. Instead they are all angular from each tooth
Rodneydncn This sounds like you may have your blades in the wrong order. Double check to see you have the flat sides on the outside and not on the inside with the chipper.
The only other reason it would make those marks is due to damage on the blade.
It looks like sir you own the Ridgid r4512 table saw I too have the same saw I was wondering when you are cutting through wood with your dado stack does your motor bog down I know mines does I tried to 8in stack figured maybe that was too heavy so I went to the 6 inch stack and well it's doing the same thing if you have any type of information that would be helpful and would be willing to post it I would really appreciate it thank you
Hey! I do and the saw runs pretty well, mind you if the blades are installed a little off or have any dullness that slows the cut. But the other issues are sometimes the density of materials. I have had it slow down on long dados, but that's normal. 👍
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer Thank you very much. I was going to sell the because I was thinking that the motor was to weak
@@rlhyme1 anytime, and if you do end up selling, I would recommend sourcing an old General table saw, they were built far stronger to our common models available at store level. 👍
Thank you
Welcome!
My table saw does not have a dado throat plate. Will this be an issue when cutting rabbits and dado on 4 foot boards?
A regular throat plate can vary. It's best to invest in one. Lookup your aaw and see if you can order it direct or from after market suppliers.
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer I own a 1979 Rockwell contractor table saw. I'll have to see if it exists or have on fabricated
I just bought a ryobi table saw with stand at home depo what dado blades should i buy that are not really expensive? Which one will work for my saw?
It's best to read the manufacturer's guidelines in your instruction manual it came with the saw. I always recommend the Freud dado saw blades, 8 in diameter. But your saw may not be able to hold them me and you will also need a new throat plate. So just make sure to read your instruction manual or the manual that comes with the saw blades to see if they will fit into your saw.
Will the Freud dado (6") set work with the RIGID R4514 Jobsite saw?
Don't see why not. 👍
Is this works in Dewalt dwe7485?
I recommend checking owner's manual. Most table saws that come with a larger throat plate can accommodate a dado blade.
I have that set, I'm trying to figure out how the chipper goes in, The where does the part of the chipper that is not the tooth fit? does it rest on the back of the outside tooth? the camera was too far away on that part to see where it was resting.
James McGuire so the chipper goes in the same direction as the blade. Then every chipper after goes in 90 degrees to the chipper beside it. Hope this makes sense 😉
I understand that part but the end are U shaped with a tooth and then a (not tooth on the end of each chipper} and I'm trying to figure where to locate the not a tooth part. other brands have just a chipper tooth and I understand how those fit. see 1:51
Email me a photo, I feel like you maybe speaking of the direction of the chipper teeth. The wider portion (chipper part) have it face forward and the thinner face away from you. It should resemble the blade. With the blades make sure you have the flat facing edges on the outer sides of your stack to keep a clean line on your cut.
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@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer unless you're using all three chippers. Then you would space them 60° apart.
Aren't you suppose to use a shim in between each blade to avoid the teeth hitting one another?
Nope, you simply offset the teeth 90 degrees. The shims are for fine tuning the material thicknesses. 👍
I wanted to make a 1/2 dado cut. I used two outside blades plus two choppers That should have been correct but it actually measured 5/8 inches. WHY. WHAT WENT WRONG?
If you measure the stack flat on a table it should allow for an accurate calculation to the blade stack. Some cases the chippers are 1/16" thicker than 1/8" if there's imperfections or perhaps a shim slipped in stuck to your chipper or blade. Always test on scrap as well to make sure you have the right size to avoid wasting good material. 👍
Sounds like you might have put the main blades in with the lettering facing inwards. Also you can use a micrometer to measure actual thicknesses.
I watched this video because my dado blades come out to be a 32nd too narrow, so I wondered if I had installed them incorrectly. I have the same Freud set and installed them exactly as you have. The chippers, spacers and shims are exactly as they should be (NOTE: my micrometer measures the shim marked 0.012" as 0.0125") but with the two main blades installed, the width is 7/32" not 1/4". 1/32" too small. Have you checked yours with a micrometer? Is this the norm, or do I have a defective set?
Hi! It seems you still read your comments... I have my grandpa's old 8 inch Beaver table saw.. should I get a 6-inch dado stack or is 8-inch going to be okay?
I do indeed, thia saw can handle a 6" for sure. But my advise is to search out the owner's manual to read up on ut for sure as you don't want to make the mistake of overloading the arbour for the saw.👍
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer thank you! I doubt at this point I could find the manual for it, so I might just opt for the 6 inch.. I found one on Amazon. Sure would make halflap joints easier
@@sherryYYC google the manual just in case. I find antique saw info is still searchable
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer oh awesome! I google literally everything I don't know, not sure why I didn't think of that too haha
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer thank you!
Can those dado blades be used on my rigid r4514 job site table saw?
You will need a new plate for anything over 3/8" roughly.
Just talked with Ridgid Customer Support on the same question. They said that the dado throat plate for the R4514 is p/n 08924002i701 available from Gardner, (877) 634-5704
If i need to do 1/4 inch channel with dado blade?
Just use the 2 main blades, plus a shim or two if you need. Each main blade is 1/8" thick.
Thank you!!
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer actually, each main blades is 1/64" shy of 1/8". The two main blades together measure 1/32" less than Freud would like you to believe. You always have to add the 0.0125" + 0.02" shims to your set. Which brings the question: what if my thickness already uses these shims?
Wher did you get the rigid t shirt?
I actually had a tool rep give it to me. I'm sure if you ask on social media they would send you one. 👍
Can these dado blades be fitted unto a radial arm saw?
That is something I don't know. It is dependant in the saw and manual. You can also contact Freud, but my knowlege limits these blades specific to table saws as a saw that has motion involved likely should not have anything more than a single blade on it. Just my thoughts. Hope this helps.
I’m thinking of converting to 240V setup on my R4512...will the power difference affect the dado stack?
You should consult a licensed electrician for the voltage increase. It's likely not recommended to increase voltage on a power source that is sufficient for the tool. I would imagine it would overload the motor possibly.
It would have been nice if you picked a width that used shims and spacers. Half the install is left out.
Visually yes, but technically it's the same install method. Sandwich plates between blades and add shims for tolerances. Key is to make the chippers 45 or 90 degrees apart depending on how many you need. 👍
When would you use the spacers?
Rotor Hawg I'd use the spacers on any time I need to make the fit a little looser. Not all material is exactly the thickness it's supposed to be 😉
Okay thanks. Just asked cause you didn't mention them and I just bought a cheap set that didn't come with spacers, so I was curious. Thanks again.
Rotor Hawg I mention spacers, right when I'm talking about the thicknesses you can cut. 😉
There's a difference between spacers, which are nominally 1/16" thick, and shims, which usually come as a set of variable thicknesses, but much thinner than a spacer.
where or how did you get that shirt
A PR company sent it to me. They helped promote Ridgid tools. Sure you can message on social media to the company for a shirt if you are a Ridgid fan.
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmeroh yeah everything I own is ridgid except my old 10 miter saw I've tried getting a shirt and still haven't gotten one guess I'll have to go to the red company they throw gear around like crazy lol
@@paulwitte1057 funny thing...they are the same big company running two brands. 🕵
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmerit just surprises me that they don't push that kind of stuff that way it's on job sites it's everywhere it's free advertising
How do u like that Freud dado set?
SnowmanPB 23 it's great. Can't complain. Just need to sharpen them and keep them clean 😉
Handcrafted by Chris Palmer sweet! Thx for the super quick response my man. Just earned a sub off that alone 😂
SnowmanPB 23 much appreciated and feel free to ask any questions you may have, always happy to help 😊
That’s great but you didn’t say how to mount/install all 3 blades that came with my kit along with all the washers?!?… You used none except the one that was originally on your arbor.
I didn’t get the slick little cardboard
diagram you showed from your Freud kit so I am flying blind.
So the key is to install the blade that has the flat face towards the arbour then install each chipping tooth in the correct direction adding each chipper at 90 degrees to the next. If you wish you can add spacers between the chippers to increase amount of material to be removed. Finish with final blade so that the tooth is chipping inwards. Should create max of 7/8" wide dado.
You can also go to freud for their downloads 👍
Thanks, Chris.
What happend If i install this on european Bosch saw? Whisc is not supposed to have this because its ilegal in EU
I can't say, sorry.
What this the motor haw hoarse
abdulrahman atif I'm sorry I don't understand your comment?
No shims ?
Only when needed, I add them in for fine tuning.
@@HandcraftedbyChrisPalmer You know what, I'm glad you answered. I taught we HAD to use them each time. Thanks !
Washer
Could you explain the shims? How to install and why use them?