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   HowardAcheson | Jul 30, 2004 05:54pm | #1

   The Freud Dial A Width is excellent. It's identical to their SD508 with the addition of the adjustable hub. If you normally find it necessary to add shims for tight dados, the adjustable is a big time saver. In some magazine tests I have seen, it cut as well as the Forrest. I have been using it for about 7-8 years now.

   However, it will not cut full width dados on many contractor saws. The arbor on those saws is too short to accomadate the extra width the adjustable hub adds.

   Howie.........
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   SRToolguy | Jul 31, 2004 06:42am | #4

   Howie, thats interesting about the width problem. I've sold a couple of the new adjustables but they were to people who just walked in at bought them. No sales pitch was needed so the question of arbor length never came up. They havent come back so apparently it was not a problem for them. I'd better check them on Monday and call Freud to see whats up with this arbor length situation.

   Thanks for the info...Sincerely;

   The Tool Guy

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   PhillipB | Jul 31, 2004 05:34pm | #5

   Howie,

   I use an old Sears contractor TS and you are correct when you mention the problem of the short 5/8 inch arbor. I use the Forrest dado set and it is not possible to use the full 1 inch width (all the chipper blades) on this saw. However, to date I have never needed to do so - yet!

   If I had known before hand about this problem it may have deterred me from buying a dado set in the first place. Live and learn

   As to Freud vs. Forrest I only use Forrest so cannot comment on the Freud dialer. I am completely happy with the performance of their Woodworker TS blades and the same goes for their dado set.

   Regards,

   Phillip

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   Dave45 | Jul 31, 2004 03:06am | #2

   Can yours be resharpened?  If it's worked well in the past, resharpening might be the way to go...............unless you're set on getting a new one. - lol

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   Walnutburl | Jul 31, 2004 03:28am | #3

   Dave, mine are a older set of cheap ones...18 tooth. They never did do that great of a job and when you work with them...get lots of chip out. So thought I would check into a new set.