Dado Set buying recommendation?

[wd4lc]

Some measurements for anyone who wants a semi-guide on what to expect for creating a throat plate. Be warned I'm an amateur!

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9144/dadotp.jpg

[chopnhack]

I know that this is an older thread, however, after buying my first dado stack (Thanks Holbren!!) which was a 6" I do want to add that if you will ever use your dado stack in some type of jig, you might want the extra height that the 8" affords.... I went with the Oshlun 6" The depth of cut was severely limited when I used it in my box joint sled which has a 1/2" base.

[LCHIEN]

CNH, how big a finger joint were you making? A six inch dado should give a 1-9/16" max cut depth.
With a 1/2" base that's still a 1-1/16" finger depth. I can't imagine making a box joint thicker than about 3/4".

[dbhost]

Loring beat me to the question...

I could see for certain situations going 1", but that would be pretty extreme...

[chopnhack]

Apparently my mileage varied quite a bit! This was on my Jet tablesaw not the BT3. I first started with a 3/4" plywood base (what I had on hand) and started to adjust the stack up. I adjusted to max height and took a reading with my caliper and found that it was not high enough. The finger joint being cut was 5/8" x 5/8". I was little shocked honestly... I swapped out the base and used a 1/2" piece of mdf and all was well.