Brian wrote in rec.woodworking

The 8" Freud professional set is on sale now for 69.99.... I'd
probably stretch the extra 19.99 to get it...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...102-7397358-96
18504

Brian.


"Silvan" wrote in message
...
I didn't turn up much on this set. One good, one bad, one neutral.
I
could
use a bigger sample.

I'm on the market for a dado set. $50 is about my top right now.
I've heard the $20 HF set isn't bad if you don't do dadoes for a
living, but I expect I will use the thing a great deal. Much of my
saw work of late has involved making many repeat passes to cut all of
the things dado sets are good for, and I think a dado set would
quickly justify the hassle of swapping it on and off.

Basically, two different but related questions here. First, why the
$50 Mibro over the $20 HF, or vise versa? Second,is it better to get
one of these, or just continue to do without until I can afford
something like
the
Freud or Forrest?

Is that ~$95 Freud set at Lowe's pretty decent? POS that my TS is, I
wouldn't put a Forrest anything on it, and I do like my Freud
combintion blade.

Speaking of which... I happen to have two identical Freud blades...
Could
I get by without a dado set a bit longer by putting both of them on
the arbor, separated by a washer or something? I could double the
bite I take on each pass at least, and maybe put off the need until I
can afford a quality set.

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I have the Mibro 8" dado set and have had nothing but positive
experiances with it. Comes with a fancy little wood case too.

BigDog
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