I have the Delta 36-650, and the freud 8" dado set. This past summer, I
made some tongue and groove floorboards for my porch (7'x25') with this
combination. Granted, this was only 1/4" tongues and grooves, but it did
them just fine. I have some upcoming projects that will use 3/4" dado
blade, but note anywhere as "intense" as the floorboards.
John
Denny wrote:
> I'm looking at buying a new dado set, I read suggestions that an 8"
> set can burn out a motor, should I stick with a 6" set?
> Thanks,
> Denny
When I was at the Springfield show, the owner of Ridge Carbide Tools was
hakinghis wares. They offered the 6" and 8" at the same price that day. I
asked about what to buy. He said that any 1 1/2 hp contractor saw can
handle the 8". The 6" were mostly for smaller benchtop saws. He was, in
fact, doing demos with the 8" on a contractor saw.
FWIW, the Ridge dado sems to be a very nice set. I've not had time to do
much with it yet as the shop is too cold when the outdoor temps are single
digits.
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Ed
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"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Denny wrote:
>> I'm looking at buying a new dado set, I read suggestions that an 8"
>> set can burn out a motor, should I stick with a 6" set?
>> Thanks,
>> Denny
>
> When I was at the Springfield show, the owner of Ridge Carbide Tools
> was hakinghis wares. They offered the 6" and 8" at the same price
> that day. I asked about what to buy. He said that any 1 1/2 hp
> contractor saw can handle the 8". The 6" were mostly for smaller
> benchtop saws. He was, in fact, doing demos with the 8" on a
> contractor saw.
>
> FWIW, the Ridge dado sems to be a very nice set. I've not had time to
> do much with it yet as the shop is too cold when the outdoor temps are
> single digits.
>
I was able to sucessfully use the Freud SD208 8" dado set on my !@#$@%ing
Shopsmith. That is, once I ordered the non-standard arbor set, and custom
throat plate, and managed to set the ~#$%%^ing thing up so that all of the
!@#$%ing adjustments didn't randomly 'self-adjust'. But there was enough
power to cut reasonable depth and width dados & rabbets.
(A Unisaw changed my woodworking life. And the Shopsmith is now in my
son's garage. We're both happier.)
If you want to cut 1.5" deep, 3/4" wide dados in 12/4 white oak, in a
single pass, you may be disappointed. If you select your battles, a well-
tuned contractor's saw should be just fine with a reasonable quality
stacked set. Keep it cleaned up and sharp.
And enjoy the process!
Patriarch
I own the 36-650 and use a Frued dado set. Works just fine.
Delta recommends an 8 inch set. The limitation is on the width
of the dado (or length of arbor). But it can handle 3/4 just fine
an that is all one should need.
Joey in Chesapeake
"Denny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm looking at buying a new dado set, I read suggestions that an 8" set
can
> burn out a motor, should I stick with a 6" set?
> Thanks,
> Denny
>
>