This table saw trick may FINALLY end dado blades

Brillant

O geez....no way. Where have you been all my years. Just subbed. Love your calm voice and teaching method. Thank you!!

Brilliant!

Fine for one “dado” but the back and forth through 8 cuts versus one for the dado blade would make it worth it for multiple dados.

Thank you!!!!!

Thanks for this trick, which will come in handy when we just want a quick dado or two, without installing a dado blade. You always come up with time saving ideas, sometimes money saving as well.

What's wrong with just moving the fence?

very valuable trick/technique~

You're a very resourceful man God bless you.

This is ingenious! Terrific. Thank you.

This is a great idea! I’m going to use it.

Sometimes the simplest things are oblivious to everyone. Great video and tip

Now I understand how the "kerfmaker" works. I was going to buy one soon, but with this trick there's no need for that anymore. Thank you for the comprehensive video!

And to reduce the number of ‘re-cuts’, surely there is no reason why this method could not be done with a nice wide dado blade setup?

Brilliant - as always 👍

Genius! Thanks.

Wow! Really like this, Great idea.👍

Who’d a thunk it!! Great tip; great video! Thanks.

This is a definite DUH moment for me. Thanks so much.

I freaking love you lol

Looks good and thank you for the details. Great idea utilizing simple stops for precise dados, I do the same on a radial arm saw, little bit different but the same concept, I find a comfort level in seeing the dado waste as it gets cut away verse's not seeing the blade cutting when the cut is down on my table saw. I discovered using a fence on my Radial saw and not looking back!!. Glad to own both saws but I find a tuned radial arm saw that's set up with a fence easier for this task. Also quick to clean dado with a chisel cause material is up.
Love watching your series of video's, and please keep pumping em out man!!

And I’ve been trying to clamp my saw blade to my fence this whole time 😅

I noticed that your saw blade cut a flat bottom cut. I have not been able to find to purchase a flat bottom blade. The saw shop replied that that blade would be custom ground. Was your blade custom or purchased flat ground

Great video, I suppose you could use a small dado stack and a spacer the same as your dado stack so you would have fewer passes. But then… I guess the point was to illuminate using a dado stack 😊

Best 3 minutes and 28 seconds of my life! Well, almost - sweet solution 🙂

Now can you simplify the rest of my life as well?

Adding this to my bag of tricks. I normally cut dados with my router, using two pieces clamped either side of the piece I'm going to fit in the slot. I then use a top-bearing flush-trim bit to cut the dado. Always perfect fit.

Thank you!!

Omg!!! Why? Oh why did I never think about this!??

Awesome. I am going to join a board to make a leg of a tale, perfect timing. Thank you, now to find that 1/8" board.

This is brilliant. Matchfit has sold a little device for a few years called the Dado Stop Pro that uses the same principle, but avoids any potential issues of using a mitre gauge and fence simultaneously. You could use the same approach here simply by clamping your shim further forward on the fence. I've been using Matchfit's device for years now and am kicking myself that this simple idea never even occurred to me!

This is a great tip ,most weekend woodworkers use contractors saws which do not have an arbor long enough for dado stacks .

Great tip, but your add about the ear plugs listening to podcasts/music in my opinion is dangerous as it now takes away part of your concentration working with power tools which is so unsafe.

Great tip. For some reason I hate getting dado stack out. But they're nice for box joints.

A no brainer after you see it in action 🤔😂

I have been struggling to cut dados with my router, the price of lumber keeps me from making all these jigs, and of course my Table saw doesn’t allow dado blades.. once again, I find a video of yours and I’m saved!! Thank you!!!

God! I can't believe none of us have ever thought of this! It's brilliant! And it makes me feel stupid. Thank you!

Well, you do need a flat teeth saw blade, which may be hard to find in some countries. In Germany, for example, they are definitely considered specialty blades 😅

Great tip!

How brilliantly simple.

or you can use a dado set for 5/8" and do it all in 2 passes with your method.

Ahhhh. That’s the 💩. Simple and elegant.

Brilliant .

Brilliant

For Shopsmith users, just set the quill gauge ends to what you want and move the quill(blade) back and forth. We called this the poor man's dado.

This is amazing

Okay - here's my question... Since the marks where the dado needs to hit are on the opposite side of the blade, how does everyone line up the blade with the mark? It gets a little tedious if you have multiple passes or a lot of dadoes (for shelves) - to move to the other side of the saw.

Absolutely fantastic idea. Thank you for sharing. Everyone stay safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

Just face palmed like you said in the beginning of the video 😂😂

Wish I saw this before making dados using a router with straight bits. Then spending time wishing I had bought a saw that can do dados.

This one deserves more "likes".