Forrest Saw Blades - Forrest Dado Blade Setup Instructions

SAFETY FIRST

Use at your own risk - all rotating tools are dangerous!
Use all proper and normal safety precautions. Follow OSHA Regulations.
Wear safety goggles, dust mask and keep hands away.

Set Sizing
Sets are designed to cut undersize to accommodate "nominal thickness" plywood!

Basic Use Instructions

Feed all cuts steadily trough set with proper support of material on saw table and firmly against table saw fence guide. On low power machines or exceptionally deep dados were slowdown and feed stoppage may occur, it may be best to dado 1/2 depth in one pass, then raise the set in the table saw and complete the full depth in a second pass. Finer splinter control results from slowing the stock feed rate.

Dado King Set Contains:
2 Outside Blades 1/8" kerf
4 Chipper Blades 1/8" kerf
1 Chipper Blade 3/32" kerf
1 Chipper Blade 1/16" kerf
Plastic Shim Set

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MOUNTING FORREST DADO SETS

Mounting Outside Blades

Set up theForrest Dado Set with the 24T, saw blades on the outside, both right and left, and with the points on the 24T blades to the outside of the stack, on the right and left sides. The outside blades are stenciled "THIS SIDE OUT" for proper installation.

Properly mounted Forrest Dado Set produces small score marks (.10") at the corners of the dado groove.
Point is mounted out! The point reaches ahead to
pre-sever edge fibers in crosscut while flat tooth cleans waste.

Improperly mounted Forrest Dado Set (with points to the inside) produces splinters in the cross cut.

Set Stacking

Blade and Chipper Combinations

Stack all intermediate 4T chippers in-between in such a way as to have the overhanging sides of the carbide fall into the gullets of the 24T trim saw blades and not strike the steel shoulders. All mating surfaces must be CLEAN.

Note on uneven bottom cut:
The 4T cutter heights are exactly matched at the factory. Sever uneven bottom cut heights in groove often come from "play" or excessive clearance between center hole of the chipper and a worn shaft or threads.

Remedies:
            1. Light punch-prick arbor shaft.
            2. Replace arbor shaft.
            3. Wind tape around arbor shaft to reduce excessive clearance.

Save Container for return UPS shipment to Forrest for recommended factory sharpening to guarantee like new performance. 3-5 day in shop turnaround normal.

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