Shopsmith Forums

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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