dados?

[mattdh]

how do most of you guys do dados? tables saw with dado blade? anyone router their dados?

 

[dltflt]

In the past I used a dado blade but recently I have been using my router.  With the router I get better/tighter joints.  I usually sandwich the board that is going into the dado with two boards, then use a pattern bit.  Doing this way I never have to sneak up the fit it is perfect ever time.

Don

 

[ccmviking]

I use a dado blade on the table saw for speed and cleanliness.  Too messy with a router and too slow.

 

[ScotF]

I use both and prefer the router whenever I can.  The dado blades works well, but I think the router is safer to me.

Scot

 

[epicxt]

In the past I used a dado blade but recently I have been using my router.  With the router I get better/tighter joints.  I usually sandwich the board that is going into the dado with two boards, then use a pattern bit.  Doing this way I never have to sneak up the fit it is perfect ever time.

Don

+1. I like this technique.

 

[Slappy]

In the past I used a dado blade but recently I have been using my router.  With the router I get better/tighter joints.  I usually sandwich the board that is going into the dado with two boards, then use a pattern bit.  Doing this way I never have to sneak up the fit it is perfect ever time.

Don

Don,
I guess I'm missing something here , usually I can visualize things quite well , but can you do into in more detail how you do this ? ?
  Are you clamping two boards as wide as your dado needs  & that is the template for the trough you rout out  ?  ?
I am understanding that is what you are doing  ?  ?

 

[Dan Clermont]

I prefer to use the OF 1400 Router and a good Carbide bit.

It is not as fast as a tablesaw but I like knowing where the cutter is and also find it easier to sneak up on a tight fit with the micro adjust on the guide stop.

I am not doing production runs so time is on my side.

Cheers
Dan Clermont

 

[atlr]

This dado jig article has photos that helped me understand what's going on.
http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/resource/JigBasedJoinery/PerfectDadoes/

 

[amt]

Anybody ever attempt with the track saw?  Or Kapex?

 

[PaulMarcel]

Unless there's a reason I can't do it on the tablesaw (size of stock?) I don't use the router since it is slower.  For a perfectly-sized dado off the table saw, I use the Bridge City KM-1; uses two passes, but nails the width perfectly plus you don't have to monkey with stacking the dado to the exact width.

 

[Clay]

I have used my kapex but I don't recommend it. The plunge stop is great but it's not consistent. Also you have to space your workpiece out from the fence so that you can eliminate the curve from the back of the blade.

 

[dltflt]

Matt look at the link Atlr posted. That is how I'm doing it.

 

[Slappy]

This dado jig article has photos that helped me understand what's going on.
http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/resource/JigBasedJoinery/PerfectDadoes/

That's perfect !  That jig would work great on my folded horn projects  as the inner walls of the horn loaded subwoofer are placed at different odd angles & lengths , Using Dados will make the assembly & glue up very easy /
Plus with my use you can't do this on table saw
the idea is that like any horn the walls of the horn are  slowly flared out but that means the horn is extremely long , but by folding the horn sound path one can make a shorter cabinet .
Simple example of what I'm talking about would be a like the long horn used @ Horse races & what a trumpet looks like , the trumpet being the folded horn  [wink]

 

[semenza]

Anybody ever attempt with the track saw?  Or Kapex?

I have done long dados with the TS55 a couple times. It works fine just takes a while.

Seth