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   Troy | Oct 16, 2005 02:21am | #1

   either should fit fine, I use a 8" super dado on my jet contractors saw.

   Troy

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   ron4 | Oct 16, 2005 06:17am | #2

   I'm using a Forest 8" Dado on the same saw with no problems. I don't know if the Freud has anything particular that would prevent it's use.

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   FrankR | Oct 16, 2005 02:34pm | #4

   Does the 50-185 handle the 8 inch dado OK?  After reading a series of discussions on Knots,  I was going to buy the 6 inch because it was supposed to be less strain on a 2 hp saw.

   Frank

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   ron4 | Oct 16, 2005 08:34pm | #5

   How Deep/Wide a dado are you planning to cut. I guess it could always become an issue at some point but I've been using my General 185 and occasionally a couple of Powermatics a 3 and 5HP. The Powermatics are certainly more powerful machines and have many other nice features but I can't remember having an issue with the dado on my saw where I needed more HP. Anything lumber that is rough and really large I start on my bandsaw and from that point the power has not been an issue.

   I guess the real answer is do you plan to do something unusual (2 in deep 3/4 dado in Ligum Vitae. That might be interesting but anything of a more common nature I can't see it being a problem.

   I have used a freud dado (not a dial a width) and wasn't  impressed with it. It seemed the cutters were odd sized that is a 1/4 inch dado was not really that close to a 1/4 inch and so on. I changed to a SystiMatic that was available and it was a much closer fit to  what I was looking for.  May be I just had a bad experience with one Freud or perhaps the freud may cause you problems I don't really know.

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   FrankR | Oct 16, 2005 09:44pm | #6

   Ron,

   I would use it almost exclusively for making cabinets.   So, we're looking at 3/4 inch plywood and 3/4 inch face frames.

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   Troy | Oct 17, 2005 04:13am | #7

   Just a thought on the dado blades I had problems with the Freud Super dado when I first purchased it because the blades and the chippers had a thick coating of laquer on them. Once I cleaned that off they worked much better. Have had no problems with using a 8" blade on my jet contractors saw.Troy

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   Knotscott | Oct 16, 2005 02:03pm | #3

   I had an SD208 that fit fine on my former GI...dunno about the dial-a-width.