"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
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"Gerald" wrote in message
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newbie to woodworking question ...

I have been using a router and a simple homemade dado jig to do my dados.
With the jig (commonly found in many router jig articles) there is no
measuring, no worring about undersize or oversize wood or bits, and the
dado
always matches the width of the piece you are joining first time.

but, like I said ... new to woodworking ... what am I missing?


You're not.

Ditto. Especially when using larger pieces of wood, where the router
excels. Tough making dadoes in seven-foot high shelf sides with the saw.
Done it, but why bother?