woodworking making dados
A dado (us and canada), housing (uk) or trench (europe) is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machinable material, usually wood.when viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. a dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, the grain and is thus differentiated from a groove which is cut with, or parallel to the grain. dados are often used to affix shelves to cabinetry carcasses.. Wobble type dado blades are occasionally used to make dados on the table saw but the results are too often disappointing. by its nature a wobble dado blade swings through a small but distinct arc that refuses to create a truly flat bottom in the dado. that side-to-side wobbling also tends to leave a chipped or frayed edge far more often than a.
woodworking making dados
