Instructions for Freud SD206 Dado

[newood2]

I got the SD206 from Amazon today. The only instructions that came with it was this folded paper insert(shown both sides) that's hardly readable.
Is there some other place to get a 'how to setup' instruction manual, or this is it?



Howie

[LCHIEN]

scan it and enlarge it to print or use an enlarging copier to make a bigger print copy.

[Lonnie in Orlando]

Instructions and Shim Spreadsheet

The instructions that came with my SD206 (ten years ago) are easier to read, but very brief.

INSTRUCTIONS
Here is a link to Tom Hintz's site.
http://www.newwoodworker.com/usngstkddados.html

SHIMS
I created an Excel workbook to help determine the shims needed to increase a dado to the perfect width. Zip file attached.

The outer dado blades plus chippers usually produce a dado that is narrower than you need. Add shims to the stack to increase the width to the perfect size.

One way to determine the shims needed is to run a dado with no shims. Measure the width. Subtract that measurement from the width that you need.

The workbook chooses the shims that you need to most nearly fill that difference.

- Lonnie

[scorrpio]

ROFL.

When I got my SD206, I did not even notice it came with instructions. I just took my calipers to all the parts and made a reference sheet to follow.