Newbie_Neil
Established Member
Hi all
This comes courtesy of The Axminster Review, a customer magazine of Axminster Power Tools - February 2004.
Q. An Axminster customer with a BTS10P tablesaw, who watches a lot of Norm Abram, wants to know why Axminster don't sell dado head cutters.
A. To comply with CE regulations our saw tables have a motor-brake to stop run-on of the blade when you push the stop button. The weight of a dado head cutter is such that the inertia that it creates would overcome the motor brake and allow the blade to run-on, exceeding the stopping time laid down in the regulations.
You will also find that most saw spindles are now too short to accomodate the width of the full dado blade and cutter assembler. So even if you bought one from the USA you would not be able to fit it to your saw.
However, for the most part, you will find that a router will be more efficient and give you a better finish on those jobs that might otherwise employ a dado head cutter."
End of Axminster reply.
Now, for those who can't live without a dado head here is where you can buy your dado head cutter for the DW720K
http://www.dm-tools.co.uk/store/newsearch.php3?search=dado&max=25&start=0&submit.x=14&submit.y=8
Cheers
Neil
This comes courtesy of The Axminster Review, a customer magazine of Axminster Power Tools - February 2004.
Q. An Axminster customer with a BTS10P tablesaw, who watches a lot of Norm Abram, wants to know why Axminster don't sell dado head cutters.
A. To comply with CE regulations our saw tables have a motor-brake to stop run-on of the blade when you push the stop button. The weight of a dado head cutter is such that the inertia that it creates would overcome the motor brake and allow the blade to run-on, exceeding the stopping time laid down in the regulations.
You will also find that most saw spindles are now too short to accomodate the width of the full dado blade and cutter assembler. So even if you bought one from the USA you would not be able to fit it to your saw.
However, for the most part, you will find that a router will be more efficient and give you a better finish on those jobs that might otherwise employ a dado head cutter."
End of Axminster reply.
Now, for those who can't live without a dado head here is where you can buy your dado head cutter for the DW720K
http://www.dm-tools.co.uk/store/newsearch.php3?search=dado&max=25&start=0&submit.x=14&submit.y=8
Cheers
Neil