Avenger Dado Stack - What Did They Sell For?

[siliconbauhaus]

If there was a decent dado for less than 100 for the freud one I'd be interested. I'f it's over 100 then my money will likely go to freud

[LCHIEN]

What dado blades do stack up to the right numbers? My Freud SD206 doesn't.

That's the first time I've heard anyone having trouble with Freud. Everyone elses Freuds seems to.
My Freud SD308 Stacks up right.

It's an easy thing to build them correctly. The technology for holding tolerances in metals has been known for a very long time.

[messmaker]

Avenger

I don't know for sure but it's possible they came from the same factory. The Avenger had a good reputation so I thought it might be worth it to sell them but pricing may be an issue.

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You have a Freud model and a Dewalt for less than $100. I would think you would have to be a good bit below($40-60) to make the product move.

[Brian G]

That's the first time I've heard anyone having trouble with Freud. Everyone elses Freuds seems to.
My Freud SD308 Stacks up right.

I wonder if we differ in what each of us means by "stacking up right".

My "meaning" is that if I want a 1/2" dado, I don't get the correct width by using the two blades and two 1/8" chippers. I end up a little undersized. This is because the two blades alone result in about a 0.233" (measured with a HF digital caliper) dado. That's what I mean about not stacking up.

Now, if I add three 1/8" chippers and the 1/16" chipper to the two blades and cut a dado, then my HF caliper displays 0.6705". I'd agree that means they "stack up right". (i.e., 0.233" + 0.375" + 0.0625" = 0.6705").

Tonight, to satisfy my curiousity, I ran through the series (i.e., added chipper combinations sequentially), cut the dado, and then measured the width of the dado. They do sum correctly (i.e., the 1/8" chippers add 0.125" to the width, and the 1/16" chipper adds 0.0625" to the width), but sum total is always about 0.017" smaller than what the chart would say. That 0.017" is just about 0.4-ish mm worth of shim needed to get a snug fit.