eBay Dado Sets

[mmacintyre]

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]

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.