Freud SD208 8-Inch Professional Dado
8" Professional, Stack Carbide Tipped Dado, With Steel Shims, 4 Carbide Tipped Chippers, Maximum 13/16" Cut Width In 1/16" Increments.
The Freud Difference
Freud manufactures some of the most innovative, technologically advanced saw blades in the world. To ensure that the highest quality products meet the toughest design standards, Freud owns and operates six manufacturing facilities in Western Europe. Freud is one of the few manufacturers of woodworking tools in the world that produces its own MicroGrain carbide with titanium, called TiCo -- a combination of titanium and cobalt. Freud develops different types of carbide for each application to maximize the cutting life and performance of the tool; and Freud also operates one of the most modern product development research centers in Europe. By overseeing the entire manufacturing process from start to finish, Freud guarantees some of the highest quality, most advanced products in the industry. 
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About Freud's Dado Sets
Whether you?re a skilled professional or a weekend hobbyist, Freud has a dado for you. The SD608, Freud?s Dial-A-Width Dado, has a patented dial system for easy and precise adjustments while offering extremely accurate cuts. The SD300 Series adds a level of safety not found in other manufacturers? dadoes, while the SD200 Series provides the quality of cuts you expect from Freud, at an attractive price. About the 8-Inch Professional Dado Set
This kit gives you Freud?s quality and craftsmanship in a stacked dado set, but at a wobble dado price. The negative hook angles make flat bottom grooves and virtually splinter-free cuts, and this dado has two outside blades with five two wing chippers. This makes it ideal for underpowered saws because it requires less power to feed. All blades and chippers come with Freud?s anti-kickback design. This resharpenable set will produce grooves from 1/4 to 13/16-inch in 1/16-inch increments. This dado set comes with a shim set and carrying case as well as instructions on how to make basic dado sizes. Applications
This set is ideal for creating flat-bottom grooves and virtually splinter-free cuts in hardwoods, softwoods, chip board, plywood, or laminate -- but it's not recommended for ferrous metals or masonry. Warranty
This set is covered by Freud's limited lifetime warranty.
Freud's 8-inch professional dado set delivers a very smooth flat-bottomed groove. This stack, when used on table and radial-arm saws, cuts slots, grooves, dadoes, and rabbets in hardwood, softwood, or plywood with the same high level of finish quality. The blades are resharpenable. They've also been laser-cut and sport carbide tips. In addition, this stack has a feature that limits the amount of bite a tooth can take, reducing the risk of kickback--for this reason, in fact, Freud suggests this set for underpowered saws. We tested this set on our 3-horsepower Powermatic model 66 (plenty of power) and found the results satisfying: smooth, with very minimal splintering. Shims are also included in this set to help you microadjust your width. This stack is a great tool for the home hobbyist who prefers not to spend a lot of money but still wants quality results. --Dori Anvinson
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Freud SD208 8-Inch Professional Dado Reviews
Being new to woodworking, I am very pleased with these blades. Worth the money. So far I have used it to cut 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4" grooves, half laps and tenons. It cuts crisp, flat edges.
once you get the right combination of blades, shims and spacer this is a must have for cutting dado grooves works excellent no problems. highly recommend.
This has been true with the 5 different dado widths I have cut. The chart I recieved with my purchase did not have the same information, so they must have figured this out and revised it online. Bummer. As far as the setup chart with shims and chippers goes.
I have the Forrest WWII as my main blade, which has now set my standard for blades. The holes in the blades are not all the same diameter, this is a minimal difference but some don't even fit on my arbor. I hope this one IS correct. So what is the real measurement of stack A+B+C+D+S1+S2 if two measurements are given.
I can't get flat bottom dado's. That way you have this stick to test all of your pieces and quickly the proper stack setup for your project. Some are a bit loose. even with it's high cost, it ends up being well worth it in the long run. Does it work, yes.
I bought it based on the Freud name and the price. Happy wood working. It can be figured out, but wastes time. The best solution to this Freud dado stack setup is to take an hour or two and cut all the dado combinations on to one piece of wood. I would not recommend this Freud dado setup for a profesional result, and look forward to buying the Forrest dado set. This would probably explain the grooves left in my dado's, and why some people have flat dado's and some don't. After having done several projects now, I am not all that happy with it. This has led to a lot of time testing out shim and chipper configurations.
http://www.freudtools.com/images/manuals/Chipper-Chart.pdf. It is cheap though, so if that gets you cutting dado's, get it. The width configurations are confusing. I bought this a year ago, and have just recently been putting it to a lot of use. Every single time, my dado's have grooving from the outer blades. It would have been a lot better to get an actual cut width and ply width designation. I did find much more correct dado stack setups at the Freud site. An example of confusing shim/stack setup is 13/32" and 15/32" have the exact same configuration, with no further explanation.
Upon starting the cut, the workpiece vibrated violently as it passed into the dado. I'm not sure when I lost the them, but the net result is that I'm now looking for a new dado set as I don't feel like investing $40 or $50 to have the teeth replaced. Last week I needed to rabbet some pine molding. It replaced a 6" steel stacked set that I bought a few years back. I stopped and examined the dado and discovered that the outboard blades were missing a total of six teeth. I think I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and purchase a Forrest set as my experience with the WWII blade has been extremely satisfying. It was a big step up and, for a while I was satisfied with it despite the not-quite-flat bottom it left. This is the least expensive 8" carbide stacked dado that I could find.
I bought mine at a big-box store about a year ago. I've gone back to doing rabbets with a tall fence and my Forrest Woodworker II blade which I just got back from being sharpened by Forrest. I didn't have a close look at the dado while I installed it on the arbor.
I like the carrying/storage case. I have not cut anything wider than.375 but it cuts easyly without extra pushing pressure. As with all my purchases it was received on time and without damage. I am a garage woodworker and use it very little, but Its a tool that all woodworker must have. For very little money I have purchased a tool that will last a lifetime. The dado cut clean with flat bottoms.
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