556052 Amana 6" Dado Set

Gampa · Post by **Gampa** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:32 pm

Has anyone tried the Amana Dado Set SS now has available? If so how about a review? I have the old Dado Set SS sells and have to say it is the one SS item I have bought that came no where near the quality I have come to expect from SS items. I have never been able to get a flat bottom with it. Rich from the Traveling Academy gave it a thumbs down but said it was because the blades wore out quickly. Then again it is the only Dado Set I have ever had so I have nothing to compare it to.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:51 pm

I'd be interested in a review also. I have an old Vermont American dado that's not carbide, so I'd like to replace it some day.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:49 pm

I would like a review also. Although I rarely do dado's on my Shopsmith. I either use a router or my Radial Arm.
I think I prefer the router but I need to construct myself a better straight edge/guide. I'm seriously considering the one Woodsmith has recently written about.
Ed

kalynzoo · Post by **kalynzoo** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:37 pm

How timely. I am still looking for a dado set. I ordered the SS kit some time ago, received the table insert and the spindle, but the blade was BO'd and I finally cancelled. So I am still in the market for a blade. Tell me more.

paulmcohen · Post by **paulmcohen** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:37 am

Look for the thread here on the Infinity Tools Dadonator an 8" stacked dado set featuring 24-tooth carbide outer blades and 6-tooth chippers. It weights over 8 1/2 lbs fully stacked. It cuts flat bottom dado's as smooth as glass.

Another more detailed review here, depending on your point of view the list of $180 is either a bargain or extremely expensive. They frequently offer free shipping and run email specials that help lower the price.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:10 am

Hi Gampa and Bruce! Just got to add this into the mix. Years ago I bought a wobble Dado from Shopsmith. It works just fine for me, even cutting across the grain on plywood. At 3/4" it has a very smooth, flat bottom. I've compared my dadoes to those pictured in magazine tests of the expensive models. To me the edges and the bottoms look the same.

I hesitate to recommend the wobble to anyone. That could be likened to recommending a Shopsmith Mark V 520 to a group of woodworkers who are shopping for Laguna tools.

Anyway, here is 3 photos of the results of the wobble.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:24 am

Nice results, Chuck. I used to have a wobble dado years ago (or I borrowed one) and did not get the flat bottoms that you show. I don't remember who made it. Now they have dado clean-out router bits that will put a nice flat bottom on a dado if you don't get one with your blade.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:42 am

Chuck
The Dado's from your wobble blade sure don't show any problem. I have often wondered about the bottom being cupped on wobbles. It didn't make any sense to me. If you bent the blade then I could understand there being a problem but if the blade is just held at an angle I don't see there should be any cupping the diameter is not changed. But I have been wrong before and I'm probably wrong now however your pictures seem to prove otherwise.
Ed

Gampa · Post by **Gampa** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:33 pm

Great results! Looks way mo better (thats all the Hawaiian I know) than anything I get from my stacked dado.

mtobey · Post by **mtobey** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:07 pm

I have a suggestion if you truly want to frequently use a dado set and get perfect results. I have the Forrest Dado King. The name is no exaggeration.But, they sell for $300. The DK usually gets the nod for highest quality performance in magazine testing. "Cry once when you buy it,or cry....."mt