Freud SD508 Super Dado 8-Inch Stack Dado
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Freud SD508 Super Dado 8-Inch Stack Dado
Customer Review: stop looking for a dado this is it!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
So this 15 year old kid from canada decides that the needs a dado blade for his new hobbie so he gose out and buys this mastercraft dado blade (if you ever see this two bladed with a plastic hub piece of s**t... run!) that blade left a extremley large mountain! in the midlle of the dado wich rocked the adjointing piece and vibrates so bad the saws hight knob would rise! i imediatley stoped the saw and went to the hardware store luckily for me is just accros the road(not so luckey for my wallet!) i was a little worried about buying a stacked dado blade because of the longer setup time vs a wobble dadoIt finaly arrived 1 week after i ordered it now this cost me 350$ yes canadian...but this is worth every friggin penney!the difference between my old dado (wicth cost 200$ )is like night and day my old one would tearout badley on melamine this one there is none. none. setup time> well this is not a a problem for me i keep a little book next to the table saw i write the cobinations of blades chippers and shims so the next time i alredy know what to put in the saw and i get a perfect fit evey time i cant say anything bad about this dado freud i love you guys! keep up the good work!!! this is the set to get no dout about that stop complaing about the price for a dado that will last a lifetime and preforms like a champ buy quality u only cry once
Customer Review: Just like its little brother
Summary: 5 Stars
Howdy All,I picked up this dado set after having purchased its smaller brother (Freud SD506)in recent months. I needed this set as, the smaller 6" set would not allow me to cut out the notches in the 4x4 material that I was working with. Just as the smaller 6" set, it performed flawlessly!! There are a LOT of dado sets out there in the world folks BUT, what separates the men from the boys is, that THIS SET will cut FLAT bottomed and SQUARE dados!! Don't be fooled by cheaper sets, you won't be happy with them when your stock is ruined by their poor quaily.
So, if you want a QUALITY dado set at a fair price, then look no further.
Ciao!!
Customer Review: Should be better for the money
Summary: 5 Stars
My set suffers in that the chippers cut slightly deeper than the outside blades. So, I get a slight, but noticable, shoulder on each side of the dado. This is particularly noticeable on exposed joints like finger joints. I'm in the process of finding out how Freud suggests this be remedied. I may post again once that's taken place. Otherwise, the groves are smooth with little tearout and the horizontal dimensions of the set are dead on.I'm editing this review because I found out the culprit was my Sears table saw arbor. After the good service folk at Freud inspected my set they determined that there must be a valley at the end of the threads of my saw arbor. Sure enough there was and with there suggestion I filled it with JB Weld to the same height of the rest of the arbor and the set works wonderfully now. I've changed my rating dramatically upwards. But, don't get me started on the Sears saw!
Customer Review: Solid performance once you figure it out.
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm really impressed with this blade set now that I understand what I'm doing with it. My set produces flat bottoms and square shoulders. I suspect people that have problems with grooves in the bottoms are using saws without flat-threaded arbors. One blade can hit a thread funny and spin out of round. Let me save you 45 minutes of frustration with this set:
Measure the width of the chippers at the shank, not the tooth. The teeth measure 1/16" over what the instructions call them. So, the 1/8" chipper measures 3/16" at the tooth. I thought someone shipped me the wrong chippers until I figured this out. Maybe a rookie mistake...but it could have been clarified.
Overall it's an awesome set. It's really everything I was looking for and worth the extra money. Don't try and justify a cheaper set, you won't be happy with it.
Customer Review: Smooth Grooves
Summary: 5 Stars
I do a lot of cabinet work. This blade set is worth the money if you're making furniture or cabinets. The grooves are square and the bottoms are flat. As for the quality, even when cross-cutting oak plywood there is no tear out of the fibers. I was so tired of having to go back over all my cross-cuts with sandpaper and then the joints wouldn't be tight due to the bottoms not being straight. This blade set also comes with a nice set of shims to "Dial In" the thickness and the extra blades are great with plywood. It's expensive but with this product you get what you pay for. If your doing quality work don't skimp on a cheaper blade set trust me when I tell you, pay a little more it's worth it.