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Review on πŸ”ͺ Freud SD208 8-Inch Premium Dado Blade (No Longer Available) by Benjamin Chang

Revainrating 5 out of 5

C'mon Saw Blades, Parts & Accessories people

Do yourself a favor and line up this stack like someone who wants to get it right first time. Place the stack on the cast iron table saw. Assemble the stack as indicated. Then lay down the actual or cut board or panel you are going to cut to resist the cutters. Feel the perfect match. Carbide content too high, add shim. Too low, remove one. As you line up the stack, measure your pads and find the combination that gives you three thousand more than it just was. In most cases, this method will get you there the first time! I read the reviews. I have received the package. I carved my first dado in 20 minutes. And "come on guys" with 95% five star ratings, do you really think there's something wrong with this stack? Let me say some people are complaining about free gold bricks. This thing cuts out the best dado I've ever seen. It was so clean, so smooth, and the blades cut so easily, I didn't feel them dig into the wood. It worked with absolutely no vibration (less than my thin blade). The components are very important and you get enough spacers to do what you want. I actually set it to 3/4" as directed. Made an incision with no spacers and then measured the incision. I could have added a spacer and made the baseboard perfect for the board I used in this test, but I just took this size dialed on my planer to cut the board .003 thinner than the pad width and it fit perfectly.There was absolutely no sign of multiple cuts in the flat underside of the cut.I went with it my fingernail across the width and thought it was there and I just couldn't see it but nothing but a perfect cut I then tested the depth of Dado with a depth mic and it was perfect Now I don't have a $5000.00 saw stop -Setup, I have a 3hp saw that I bought in good condition in 1990. of about this batch, when I went to install the kit I thought about all the complaints I had read about this kit. With every single panel I installed, I expected either a tight fit or a loose condition. They fit so perfectly that when I checked the fit by trying to wiggle the shank a little, they weren't there! The set is tailor-made for my saw. The set worked so smoothly and quietly compared to everything I've put on this saw, it was hard to believe. If I were younger I would buy two of these. You'll never have the opportunity to get a car this good for the money again for years to come. But by then I'll be gone and I'm not worried about buying one for anyone who happens to be with my tools. When making lap joints, make sure the slope of the blade is parallel to the table. I read that one person commented on the review that the bottom of the groove shows the rungs moving over blades of different widths. I want people to comment on the product, not their inability to reason deductively.

Pros
  • Outstanding All-Round Performance
Cons
  • Fits