"Swingman" wrote in news:1dGdncxM2t9DcubdRVn-
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Secret wrote in message

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.

I was confused by that too. I came to the conclusion that the printed
side should face the arbor. That gets the orientation of the teeth
right
as well as the little spacer disks that they have fixed on the inside
of
the outer blades.

Forget the arbor, just chant to yourself: "OM, OM, The chippers go on
the
inside of the stack, the blades go on the outside" ... and you can't go
wrong.

Works for me. ;)


Actually with this set you would go wrong. There are round discs attached
to the side of each outer blade. They are not thock enough to eb
stiffeners but are just shims that are permamnently affixed to the
blades. If you reverse the blades these shims would be on the outside of
the set and you would not get cuts in any of the standard sizes.