Thanks Chris...now take me one step further!!! Left vs. right on the teeth
I can do...now what do I do with that information??? LOL

So we come to a common point of reference, on the arbor nut side do I want
teeth pointing in or out (or up or down or north/south or east/west or
horizontal/vertical)...better yet, there is a washer welded onto each outer
blade around the arbor hole...do they face towards the chippers or towards
the arbor washers? (I could make a case for either way...towards the
chippers to act as a shim, towards the arbor washers to stabilize the
blades). Have actually tried them both ways and can't see much difference
other than the latter seems to make for too tight of a dado but perfect if I
add one or two of the cardboard shims that came with it.

thanks again



"Chris Melanson" wrote in message
news:ClHec.41460$Sh4.19756@edtnps84...
Look at the tips of the outer blades (not the chippers) you should
have
one side that some teeth are pointed toward the outer side of the blade if
you look at the other blade the teeth should be pointed to the opposite
side. this is how you figure out which is the left and the right side
blades.

CHRIS

"Tom Kohlman" wrote in message
et...
I always thought the answer was chip removal and also the fact that the
inside chippers only have two teeth set on opposite ends which allows
for
setting them inside the teeth of the outside blades.

Dumber question yet is the 8" Delta dado stack. One of the outer blades
says "this side out". That's it. Does it mean facing out, which would
work
if I put next to the inside arbor plate which somehow translates to
"this
side in"? Or does it mean that the blade goes next to the arbor nut,
("out" from my perspective) but then it has to be positioned such that
the
"this side out" is actually facing in.

Who's on first, etc.