Have a Unisaw, looking for a dado set. On-line I’ve found and read about everything from a $50 set with paper shims to a high-end Freud SD600 dial-a-width adjustable dado costing $400 ($250 street price). Any recommendation on a dado that cuts square corners and a flat bottom??? Where to buy???

I have the Freud SD600. I picked it up at a woodworking show. I think
it does a great job. No complaints at all.

Jim
www.woodblog.com

The Infinity Dadonator has been the top pick in several WW magazine tool
tests. I have had one for 6 months and LOVE it. At $179.00 Its a great
deal. check it out at www.infinitytools.com

Davethetooljunky

I picked up the forrest when amazon had it on sale for ~$100 last year. It
is great.

-j

"wood addict" wrote in message
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The Infinity Dadonator has been the top pick in several WW magazine tool
tests. I have had one for 6 months and LOVE it. At $179.00 Its a great
deal. check it out at www.infinitytools.com

Davethetooljunky

I would stay away from the Avenger. Bottoms are no where near flat.
max

I picked up the forrest when amazon had it on sale for ~$100 last year. It
is great.

-j

"wood addict" wrote in message
news:1ky8f.1749$ti.880@trnddc02...
The Infinity Dadonator has been the top pick in several WW magazine tool
tests. I have had one for 6 months and LOVE it. At $179.00 Its a great
deal. check it out at www.infinitytools.com

Davethetooljunky

Have a Unisaw, looking for a dado set.

Forrest dado-king. Comes with mag shims. Cuts like a laser.

Just my 2 pennies.

joe2 said:


Have a Unisaw, looking for a dado set. On-line I’ve found and read
about everything from a $50 set with paper shims to a high-end Freud
SD600 dial-a-width adjustable dado costing $400 ($250 street price).
Any recommendation on a dado that cuts square corners and a flat
bottom??? Where to buy???

The Forrest Dado-King and the Freud are both nice tools. In a recent
Fine Woodworking test, the Freud recieved slightly higher scores.

I started with an entry level $99 Freud 8" dado, and still use it.
Pretty clean cuts, even on box joints - but it only has 2 wings on the
chippers. I don't use it on melamine, however.

Where? Almost anywhere fine tools are sold.


Greg G.

In article , joe2 wrote:

Have a Unisaw, looking for a dado set. On-line I’ve found and read
about everything from a $50 set with paper shims to a high-end Freud
SD600 dial-a-width adjustable dado costing $400 ($250 street price).
Any recommendation on a dado that cuts square corners and a flat
bottom??? Where to buy???

Hard to go wrong with the Ridge Carbide "North Woods" dado set IMO.
http://www.ridgecarbidetool.com/html/dado.htm

Somewhat smoother cut than the Forrest Dado King, at about two-thirds the
price. Bought one at the woodworking show about three years ago, and am
absolutely delighted with the quality of the cuts.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

joe2 wrote:

Have a Unisaw, looking for a dado set. On-line I’ve found and read
about everything from a $50 set with paper shims to a high-end Freud
SD600 dial-a-width adjustable dado costing $400 ($250 street price).
Any recommendation on a dado that cuts square corners and a flat
bottom??? Where to buy???


Picky me likes the SD508 from Freud. Not cheap, but what is when it
comes to quality tools??

dave

I just picked up the Freud SD608 8" Dial-a-width Dado from Amazon for
$189.74 delivered. At that price it puts it close to the other sets in
price and no shims.

David wrote:
joe2 wrote:

Have a Unisaw, looking for a dado set. On-line I’ve found and read
about everything from a $50 set with paper shims to a high-end Freud
SD600 dial-a-width adjustable dado costing $400 ($250 street price).
Any recommendation on a dado that cuts square corners and a flat
bottom??? Where to buy???


Picky me likes the SD508 from Freud. Not cheap, but what is when it
comes to quality tools??

dave

--
Joseph Connors
The New Golden Rule:
Those with the gold, make the rules!

Joseph Connors wrote:

I just picked up the Freud SD608 8" Dial-a-width Dado from Amazon for
$189.74 delivered. At that price it puts it close to the other sets in
price and no shims.

David wrote:

joe2 wrote:

Have a Unisaw, looking for a dado set. On-line I’ve found and read
about everything from a $50 set with paper shims to a high-end Freud
SD600 dial-a-width adjustable dado costing $400 ($250 street price).
Any recommendation on a dado that cuts square corners and a flat
bottom??? Where to buy???


Picky me likes the SD508 from Freud. Not cheap, but what is when it
comes to quality tools??

dave


you suck!

that's the price of the sd-508 last xmas, from Amazon

Dave

"Joseph Connors" wrote in message
I just picked up the Freud SD608 8" Dial-a-width Dado from Amazon for
$189.74 delivered. At that price it puts it close to the other sets in
price and no shims.

How did you get it from Amazon at that price??

--
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Last update: 10/22/05

Thanks to everyone for the suggests!!!

I tried for the $170 Infinity Datonator but they are sold out, on back order for a couple weeks more. Didn’t want to toss out $250 for the Freud dial-a-setting dados, but then Joseph mentioned a deal on Amazon.com. Didn’t find it, but I did find a brand new set of Freud SD608 dial-a-setting dado on Ebay for $186 delivered, so I bought it.

Thanks again to everyone.

I just searched Amazon under "Freud SD-608" and it returned the item
with a price of $199.99. I guess they just raised the price a little.

Swingman wrote:
"Joseph Connors" wrote in message

I just picked up the Freud SD608 8" Dial-a-width Dado from Amazon for
$189.74 delivered. At that price it puts it close to the other sets in
price and no shims.


How did you get it from Amazon at that price??


--
Joseph Connors
The New Golden Rule:
Those with the gold, make the rules!

"Joseph Connors" wrote in message
I just searched Amazon under "Freud SD-608" and it returned the item
with a price of $199.99. I guess they just raised the price a little.

Post your Amazon link ... the only price I see on Amazon, or any links from
there, for the Freud SD-608 is still $249.99.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/05

Here's the Link:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

It still shows 199.99. Hope this works for you. I bought this sucker for
a mobile clamp rack I'm building for the 22 K-bodies I bought to go with
the 4 I already had.


Swingman wrote:
"Joseph Connors" wrote in message

I just searched Amazon under "Freud SD-608" and it returned the item
with a price of $199.99. I guess they just raised the price a little.


Post your Amazon link ... the only price I see on Amazon, or any links from
there, for the Freud SD-608 is still $249.99.


--
Joseph Connors
The New Golden Rule:
Those with the gold, make the rules!

That's not the SD-608. That is the SD 508. Completely different.

Neal



"Joseph Connors" wrote in message
...
Here's the Link:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

It still shows 199.99. Hope this works for you. I bought this sucker for a
mobile clamp rack I'm building for the 22 K-bodies I bought to go with
the 4 I already had.


Swingman wrote:
"Joseph Connors" wrote in message

I just searched Amazon under "Freud SD-608" and it returned the item
with a price of $199.99. I guess they just raised the price a little.


Post your Amazon link ... the only price I see on Amazon, or any links from
there, for the Freud SD-608 is still $249.99.


--
Joseph Connors
The New Golden Rule:
Those with the gold, make the rules!

"Neal" wrote in message

That's not the SD-608. That is the SD 508. Completely different.

That's what I kept coming up with ... I would have jumped all over an SD-608
at the price Joseph say's he bought at.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/05

Neal/Swingman:

My apologies! Your right, the SD-608 appears to have gone up in price.
I'm sorry for misleading you ... I typed in the wrong dado.



Neal wrote:
That's not the SD-608. That is the SD 508. Completely different.

Neal



"Joseph Connors" wrote in message
...

Here's the Link:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

It still shows 199.99. Hope this works for you. I bought this sucker for a
mobile clamp rack I'm building for the 22 K-bodies I bought to go with
the 4 I already had.


Swingman wrote:

"Joseph Connors" wrote in message


I just searched Amazon under "Freud SD-608" and it returned the item
with a price of $199.99. I guess they just raised the price a little.


Post your Amazon link ... the only price I see on Amazon, or any links from
there, for the Freud SD-608 is still $249.99.


--
Joseph Connors
The New Golden Rule:
Those with the gold, make the rules!




--
Joseph Connors
The New Golden Rule:
Those with the gold, make the rules!

Thanks to everyone for the suggests!!!

I tried for the $170 Infinity Datonator but they are sold out, on back
order for a couple weeks more. Didn’t want to toss out $250 for the
Freud dial-a-setting dados, but then Joseph mentioned a deal on
Amazon.com. Didn’t find it, but I did find a brand new set of Freud
SD608 dial-a-setting dado on Ebay for $186 delivered, so I bought it.

Thanks again to everyone.

That's where I bought mine. Came in time and a sealed factory package.
One of the few tools that I have really just played with, its neat.
ED