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: Great Dado Blade
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm very impressed by the quality of cut you get with this blade. Flat bottom cuts with no chip out. I was most impressed when I was cross cutting veneer oak plywood without a zero clearance insert and the cut was prefect every time with no chip out.Customer Review: Home Woodworker
Summary: 5 Stars
I must applaud Amazon.com, I ordered this set on Sat (3/1) and received it on Thu (3/6), that's some response. On to the blade. I've been using a craftsman dado set for the last several years (non-carbide), it never gave flat bottom channels, and chipped the hell out of plywood. PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT COME WITH THIS BLADE. I like most macho guys don't usually read instructions, and nothing was different when I got this dado set. I popped it into my saw to cut 1/2" width, and get this, I didn't even see the words in big bold letters printed on each outside blade that said "this side out", yep, I put them facing "inwards", made my cut. I was impressed as hell, 90% better than my craftsman, nice fairly flat bottom with 2 very fine deeper depressions in the bottom of the cut channel from the outside blades. I was still impressed, but said to myself for [$$$]it should be better than this. Yep, that's when I had the brainstorm to read the instructions and also noticed I had the outside blades facing the wrong direction. Well, upon reading the instructions (after you face the outside blades in the right direction) you will see how to orient the teeth of the outside blades to each other by following the picture's of the teeth orientation in the instructions. Well, after I did all this, blades and teeth orientated properly, this thing cut like a jewell, perfectly flat bottom, no uneven channels. The only thing is 2 very very fine cuts (from the outside blades) on each side of the channel where it meets the wall about 1 or 2 thousandths deep, not noticeable if you weren't looking at it.I am very satisfied with this dado set. Then onto the real test, crosscutting oak veneered plywood, cut a 1/2" channel across the grain of the plywood, couldn't believe it, no chipping at all, not even a little, the cut was perfect. I have never used or even seen the Forrest dado set in action but find it very hard to believe it will cut a better dado for the extra [$$$] you'd spend on the Forrest. This is one great set and highly recommend it to even the most discerning woodworker.
Customer Review: It's as good as it gets
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this Freud 8" Super Dado set, hoping to improve on my Sears Excalibur adjustable. Success! The adjustable Sears blade left a slight roundness at the bottom of the cut. When making finger joints, you could see a slight belly where the bottom of the groove met the flats of the adjoining finger. With the Freud Super Dado, it makes a perfectly flat mating. Not even a thousandths of a gap anywhere along the edge of it. Critically speaking, their is a tiny ridge that is made when you look down into the groove at the bottom, but it is so small, that you have to scratch it up to a moving blade, or should I say multiple blades. It does not result in any edge imperfections whatsoever. At first notice, I was relieved to see a perfectly smooth cut. After using it multiple times, and looking too deeply, I noticed the tiniest ridges. I believe these ridges are a result of having to move the board across the blade, and all it takes is the slightest movement as to the heighth of the board, to cause it to get closer to the blade, and thereby giving you the tiniest ridge midstream. Even with that, their isn't anything less than a perfect seam along the outside edge, without having to do any sanding, filing, chiseling etc. It is perfect right off of the blade.
The dado this blade makes is perfectly flat, smooth, and at a perfect right angle. I just went into inspect a job that I just did in large sized wood, and did not notice even a slight edge imperfection in all of the joints I inspected.
In plain words, perfect joints, great price for a tool of this quality (zero tearout as well).
I haven't tried every dado blade out there, but I feel comfortable saying that if I had to do it all over again, I would buy this again. How do you improve on the best. Hope this helps.
Customer Review: Smooth, Clean Dados
Summary: 5 Stars
Used this dado blade on my DeWalt portable Table saw, Dados were amazingly clean. High quality item. You pay for quality. As my pappy always said "Buy Quality, you only cry once" That says it all.Customer Review: somewhat disappointed
Summary: 3 Stars
I chose this dado set based on the top reviews, and I am somewhat disappointed in the product. A substantial number of the carbide tips on both the outside blades and the chippers have imperfections and chips. The brazing is not as uniform as other saw blades I own. Some of the chippers were a little rusty. The cuts are decent, though the points of the ATB outer blades leave a fine but slightly deeper groove than the chippers at the extreme edge of the dado. Additionally, the chippers cut about 1/100 of an inch shallower than the outer blades, so I have to clean up every single cut when making a box joint.