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1. 
   BarryO | Mar 27, 2007 11:28pm | #1

   I haven't seen one with a long-enought arbor to accept a dado.

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   BruceS | Mar 28, 2007 01:32am | #2

   Have you ever seen the table saw skit on the Red Green Show ??

   I would put this in the same classification as using a 1/4" shanked-3" panel raiser free handed. 

   Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   JMartinsky | Mar 28, 2007 02:20pm | #3

   Dear Bruce,It was a 1/2" shaft.John

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   BruceS | Mar 28, 2007 02:53pm | #5

   I was being "very" extreme,  have never seen a 1/4"shanked large panel raiser. Just saying some things should never be done.Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

2. 
   mike_b | Mar 28, 2007 07:43pm | #9

   <<It was a 1/2" shaft.>>Wait, I'm confused. I thought it was 1/2" per pass on the jointer -- in bubinga.Edited 3/28/2007 12:54 pm ET by Mike_B

   Edited 3/28/2007 12:56 pm ET by Mike_B

3. 
   JMartinsky | Mar 28, 2007 02:21pm | #4

   Dear Larry,
   Didn't we just do this?

   John

4. 
   JohnWW | Mar 28, 2007 03:48pm | #6

   Deja-vu all over again.

   John W.

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   mapleman | Mar 28, 2007 05:59pm | #7

   John,

   Wasn't Deja Vu the guy who started the philosophical rant about festool all over again? ;)

   Lee

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   JohnWW | Mar 28, 2007 06:04pm | #8

   I thought that Deja Vu was talking about whether the circuit breaker is matched to the motor or the wiring in the wall.

   John W.

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   Froe | Mar 29, 2007 06:30am | #10

   Larry,

   Mitre and sliding compound mitre saws were never designed with this purpose in mind. The motor isn't designed for the added load and it is really unsafe to even consider it even if one could get a dado set to fit. A radial arm saw has the power, arbor size and strength in the yoke...

   Perhaps a router might be your best alternative for dados. The Makita sliders (LS1013 for instance) have the ability to regulate depth so that rough dados can be cut but only using the singular equiped blade which makes for repetitive cuts but at least the depth of cut can be maintained.

   Hope this helps.