On 1/19/17 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:42:30 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 1/19/17 8:06 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:06:09 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 1/19/17 12:02 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 07:17:02 -0500, "dadiOH"
wrote:


"Leon" lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in message
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On 1/18/2017 6:20 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 1/18/2017 6:51 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
at first it sounds like an interesting idea but
introducing a little too much chaos for me


they are inexpensive but would not think it would be
good for the saw or the material or the operator



who has used a wobble dado


the cut could not have come out very good



You want cheap or quality? You want "close enough" or
professional cuts and fit? The corners won't be as
square because of the way it cuts. Another opinion
here
http://www.newwoodworker.com/reviews/wobbledado.html


Actually the sides of the dado are square to the surface
of the material but the bottom is rounded so it is not
square to the sides of the dado.

I have used a wobble dado many times.

It is not harmful to the saw and it runs very smoothly.

From there, the cuts suck. The wobble dado sets cut
rounded bottom dados. If you are using construction grade
lumber and need to cut dados the wobble dado will suffice
for rough work.

Don't use if for furniture.

I do. From time to time. The slightly rounded bottom can
be handled in a couple of ways...

1. Ignore it.

2. Clean it. I have a dado cleaning router bit for that
purpose.

But mostly, I use my wobble dado to hog out most but not
all of the dado/groove I want. It does that very well. I
then finish with one pass of a router bit for final width
and depth.

How do you guide the router? Seems if you're going to all
that trouble it would be easier to just use the router.


True, in some cases and as usually it just depends on what
you're doing. While router bits are great for making, clean,
precise, square cuts, they are not particularly well suited for
hogging out a bunch of material.

Multiple passes?

If it takes multiple passes, then that kind of proves it's not good
for hogging out a lot of material, right?

Of course. We all understand routers, here. However, it's only one
setup. I worry about registration errors if I were to use two tools
for one operation.

Often, when I do this, I'm hogging it out on the TS a little shy of the
total dimension. Then the router cuts the final dimensions, usually
barely taking any wood with it.

With my dado jig, the process is very fast.
https://goo.gl/photos/StFnQBzCj3J9NCcp8

But like I said, I don't always go to both TS and router.
There are situation and circumstances that make it a no-brainer for me
to use both and there are times when one or the other is a much better
option.


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