Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince

We work with a stacked Dado at school and have gotten very clean cuts. My
daughter uses the wobble type at her high school and the cuts aren't as
clean...but that can be from teen abuse.


"VINCENT BELANSKY" wrote in message
om...
Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince

I,ve had both....like the stacked dado better...easier to set without
guessing, and the bottom cut if flat, not curved.

"VINCENT BELANSKY" wrote in message
om...
Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince

In rec.woodworking
"VINCENT BELANSKY" wrote:

Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.

No question about it, get the stacked. If you can't do the $80, then get
the one at Harbor Freight for $20 when it is on sale. Don't do a wobble.

If you check the American Woodworker web site you'll see a review of stacked
dado blades with the Freud SD 208 being a Best Buy at $90 (the 6" version SD
206 sells for $74 delivered at Amazon). As far as wobble-type blades go they
say: "Wobble-type dado blades were not included in this test because we
found their performance to be far inferior to the stacking types with little
or no cost benefit."

--

- GRL

"It's good to want things."

Steve Barr (philosopher, poet, humorist, chemist,
Visual Basic programmer)
"VINCENT BELANSKY" wrote in message
om...
Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince

VINCENT BELANSKY wrote:
Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Router!!! Use your router instead! Much more fun to have another tool to
grab than to stop and have to change over blades.
--

-Mike-

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:08:21 GMT, "VINCENT BELANSKY"
wrote:

Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince

============================================
I have NOT read any of the replies yet...

BUT...I bet most (vast majority) of the replies you get will agree
with me ...................The STACKED set is definately worth the
extra...

Better in almost every way...

Bob Griffiths

Well , I have the wobble type, ( only because it was a gift ) and it is
GREAT!! OK ,so it ain't so great. If you like dado's with rounded
profiles ,then it is good. If you like dado's with nice crisp square lines,
then maybe it's a bit lacking understatement To be honest, I find that I
make dado's with my regular saw blade and chipping away at the cut , rather
than changing saw blades. My wobble dado now hangs on the wall of my shop
underneath my saw/clock. At least my DULL saw blade that I made the
saw/clock out of is still usefull. ;-)

my 2 cents

Doug


"VINCENT BELANSKY" wrote

Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince

VINCENT BELANSKY wrote:
Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince

Forget the wobble, they will not make a clean cut.

I recently bought a Ridge Carbide 8" stacked dado set and used it seriously
for the first time this afternoon. It works like a charm. Easy to set up
and made a perfect slot for the alleged 3/4" plywood. It is really 23/32 and
you can set the stakc to do exactly that, or shim it if the plywood runs
oversized for some reason.

www.ridgecarbidetool.com Not cheap, but is is a good one. I'm sure other
perform well also. Check Lee Valley, etc also.
--
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

VINCENT BELANSKY wrote:

Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince




What I find fun is setting my wobble in my contractors saw, setting it
to maximum width, turning on the saw, and watching the saw vibrate
itself all over my shop. Like a sleeping beast coming to life! Chases
the dog away, too! What can I say?!? I'm easily entertained!

"VINCENT BELANSKY" wrote in message
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
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worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


IHHO the following Harbor Freight cuts at least as well as my high dollar
Forrest Set. The Forrest Set chippers have 4 teeth each but the HF has 6.
The 6 teeth on the chipper makes a considerable difference. I've posted
pictures here abouts showing comparison cuts of this unit. They have this
set on sale usually for about $40.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=44566

Also, you might be interested in a study I made some time ago(and really
needs to be updated with the above dado set)

http://home.mchsi.com/%7Elarrylhote/...p/dadocomp.htm

Larry
--
Lawrence L'Hote
Columbia, MO
http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote
http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote

"VINCENT BELANSKY" writes:

Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.

Wobble Dados are more dangerous in use, so much more that (at least)
in Germany they are completely forbidden. Use the stacked one.

--
Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe
Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869
Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:45:36 +0100, Juergen Hannappel
wrote:

"VINCENT BELANSKY" writes:

Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my

SNIP

Wobble Dados are more dangerous in use, so much more that (at least)
in Germany they are completely forbidden. Use the stacked one.

Can you tell me what makes them so?

Juergen Hannappel writes:


Wobble Dados are more dangerous in use, so much more that (at least)
in Germany they are completely forbidden. Use the stacked one.


Aren't stacked dados also considered too dangerous in Europe, to the extent
that saws are sold with stub arbors to prevent their use?

Charlie Self
I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected.

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

LP asks:

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:45:36 +0100, Juergen Hannappel
wrote:

"VINCENT BELANSKY" writes:

Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my

SNIP

Wobble Dados are more dangerous in use, so much more that (at least)
in Germany they are completely forbidden. Use the stacked one.

Can you tell me what makes them so?

Crank one up in 1/2" or larger configuration and then come back and ask that
question. The sound and view will make your neck hair stand up straight.

Charlie Self
I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected.

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

otforme (Charlie Self) writes:

Juergen Hannappel writes:


Wobble Dados are more dangerous in use, so much more that (at least)
in Germany they are completely forbidden. Use the stacked one.


Aren't stacked dados also considered too dangerous in Europe, to the extent
that saws are sold with stub arbors to prevent their use?

No.

--
Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe
Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869
Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23

Juergen Hannappel responds:

Juergen Hannappel writes:


Wobble Dados are more dangerous in use, so much more that (at least)
in Germany they are completely forbidden. Use the stacked one.


Aren't stacked dados also considered too dangerous in Europe, to the extent
that saws are sold with stub arbors to prevent their use?

No.


Is it only in Limey Land, then? We've been told, repeatedly, that EU table saws
have arbors shortened to make using dado sets impractical. I think the wobbles
would still fit, but I'm working on hearsay.

Charlie Self
I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected.

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:08:21 GMT, "VINCENT BELANSKY"
wrote:

Hello All,
I am considering buying a Dado blade for my
Delta contractors table saw and was wondering
which type is the best. The "stacked" Dado costs
about $80 at the Home Depot while the "wobble"
costs about $30. I assume the stacked is better
since its more expensive and still sold, but is it
worth the extra money. All opinions are welcome.


Thanks,
Vince



Most woodworkers prefer a stacked dado. I have a double wobble dado
with a dial to adjust the width. I paid about $100 for it. Adjusted
properly, it will cut a flat bottom. I'd probably look for quality
rather than price or type, and look for a well-written instruction
booklet.