eBay Dado Sets

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  • mmacintyre
    Forum Newbie
    • Jan 2006
    • 20
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    #1

    eBay Dado Sets

    Hi,
    I have noticed some very cheap dado sets on eBay, has anyone bought one of these or does anyone have any comments as to the quaility, I new to the hobby and don't have a lot of money to throw around. They all seem to be "unmarked" irwin blades.

    thanks,

    Mike
  • scorrpio
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2005
    • 1566
    • Wayne, NJ, USA.

    #2
    I managed to snag an 'unmarked Irwin' 6" dado stack for about $15 total, S&H included, figured it was worth a try. So far, no complaints. I fine-tuned the dadoes by cutting extra shims out of aluminum foil.

    This is the thing with many cheaper dadoes: sets like Freud and Forrest basically come with a table telling you which chippers and shims to stack for a certain width, and you get exactly what the table promises. With a cheaper stack, you have to spend some time, and cut a whole bunch of dadoes in scraps in order to make a table like that yourself.

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