Swingman...I thought you were leaving the group?

It isn't a "no brainer" and the instructions were not MIA...it was a new
pack and there were none that I recall but then again I ditched the cheap
plastic factory "storage case" after a few uses in favor of a home-made wood
box that gives me easy access to the parts, keeps them from banging against
each other, doesn't take 20 minutes to get them all back in when I am done
plus it holds the dado TS insert so everything is in one place.

I'll ignore your previous comment about chippers sandwiched between the two
outer blades. I concluded that must have been a personal reminder from you
to you. Do what ya gotta do I guess. Read it often and don't forget your
safety glasses.

From what I've gleaned from the left/right in/out up/down posts, I think the
answer is the round disks attached on the outer blades face in towards the
chippers. That's the way I've always positioned them but have been getting
less than stellar results and was wondering whether the blade orientation
was wrong. Thanks to all for clarifying.

"Swingman" wrote in message
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Secret wrote in message

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.

Sorry, but that still sounds like a no brainier to me. I tried to put it
gently ... let me put it another way ... and not directed at you
personally,
you understand:

Despite the fact that I've never seen a set that didn't come with specific
instructions, and even supposing that these instructions were somehow MIA,
then a good case can be made that anyone incapable of NOT being able to
figure that out, or incapable of figuring out how to use all the blades
and
chippers in any Dado set, would highly likely be better off NOT using one
in
the first place without personal, hands-on instruction from someone who
does.

IOW, dado sets, of any ilk, are not to be taken lightly ... if you don't
understand their use, don't rely on second hand information, get firsthand
instruction.

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