Comments on: How to cut a Dado on a Table Saw https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-cut-a-dado-table-saw/ Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Vic Rauch https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-cut-a-dado-table-saw/#comment-84331 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:57:00 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=34109#comment-84331 For making a dado to fit your piece of wood…
Cut off a piece of that wood to use against your rip fence. Set your rip fence where you want the “top” of your dado to be and then make that first pass for the “top” portion of the dado. Then put your piece of wood you cut first next to the rip fence (use the thickness of that piece) and make your second pass for your dado. If the dado needs to be wider than 1/4″, you now have the upper and lower sides of your dado cut. Now just move your rip fence 1/8″ in order to start ripping out the middle waste of material in your dado.

]]> By: ANDREA https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-cut-a-dado-table-saw/#comment-84282 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:52:57 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=34109#comment-84282 Thanks for the correction on pronouncing dado. I refused to say it out loud, as I was never sure. Still working on conquering my fear of the table saw… but this gives me hope! On a side note, in Step 1, you refer to 1/4″ plywood; did you mean 1/2″?

]]> By: marvin shelley - Master Sawdust Maker https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-cut-a-dado-table-saw/#comment-83663 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 07:13:35 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=34109#comment-83663 Free lumber at the saw mill – Your local saw mills piles up and burns the first cut on each of the 4 sides of the log. Meaning – there’s a lot of bark on the piece. Then they pile it up and burn it. WHAT?
When I visit the local saw mills to buy, I always ask if I can get a few sticks off the burn pile? There’s about 25-40% good useable lumber in every piece. You have to do some sawing when you get home to get rid of the trash, but, if you have time to do that, you can get lots of good lumber for free.
There’s lots of things you make with the trash with the bark still on it. Small boxes,candle holders, hat/coat racks, etc. Myself, I just do not have time to saw out the waste. One mill a few miles away has cedar bundles of the of the slabs. $20 a bundle all banded up nice and neat. Weighs about 1,700 pounds (hardwood weighs maybe 2,500 pounds) so you need a pretty
good trailer to haul it. It’s 8+ feet long. They will load it with their front end loader.
After you get the good stuff, stack and sticker for 6 months.
IF you GOOGLE SAWMILLS in your area, they will pop up. Or GOOGLE WOODMIZER and they will have a list of saw mill owners in your area.
Have fun! Be safe.

]]> By: marvin shelley - Master Sawdust Maker https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-cut-a-dado-table-saw/#comment-83661 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:26:47 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=34109#comment-83661 Hi Folks – Safety tips with power tools. I gave my Grandson – 23 YO – a table saw for his birthday and printed the safety list that I live by:
1) Never use any power tool when drinking alcohol – even one beer or glass of wine is a NO-NO!
2) Never get in a hurry. Under pressure – sit for 5 minutes and think about what you are about to do. Relax.
3) Never use a power tool when tired. Good way to make mistakes and get hurt.
4) Always try to keep those fingers at least 6″ away from a spinning blade. There are some exceptions.
5) Always use a push shoe or stick with the table saw. A crosscut sled is best.
6) Tell spouse and kids to never walk up behind you as a surprise when using power tools. When you jump, the work piece flies over your shoulder and hits them.
7) Never run plywood less than 1/4″ thick thru the table saw. Serious kick back will occur. I’ve only had 2 kick backs in 20 years. Both times was running 1/8″ plywood. Use the portable circle saw.
8) Use eye and ear equipment. I am almost deaf from not using cheap ear muffs. Harbor Freight has good ones for $2-$3. Hearing aides are $1,200 and up. I had to buy them last year. They also have face shields and goggles. An eye is a terrible thing to lose. All it takes is ONE splinter thrown off a spinning blade at 100+mph and you are blind in one eye – FOREVER!

I’ve been at this off and on for 20+ years and still have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs and 2 eyes, ears are shot! Play safe. Safe is cheap. Doctors and ERs are painful and expensive. Don’t be afraid of power tools. Just use them correctly.

]]> By: Lauren https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-cut-a-dado-table-saw/#comment-83657 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 22:12:41 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=34109#comment-83657 Thanks for this post– Im nervous about this tool as well, but feel encouraged after reading! Great tips and project!

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