leor83•23d ago

Just realized the difference between a regular dado stack and a wobble dado for plywood

I was cutting dados for some built-in shelves and tried my old wobble dado for the first cut. The bottom of the groove was rough and it tore up the plywood core. For the next piece, I switched to an 8-inch stacked dado set I borrowed from a friend. The cut was so clean and flat, with no tear-out at all. The stacked set just gave me way more control and a cleaner glue surface. Has anyone else found the wobble dado is just not worth it for finish work?

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jenniferc7123d ago

My first router table was just a piece of plywood with a hole in it. Clamped it right to the workbench. Used it for years before I ever bought a real one. Made a ton of dados that way, actually. The wobble blade always scared me a bit, seemed like it would vibrate too much. A router with a straight bit just felt safer and more solid for that kind of joinery.

robert_rodriguez6623d ago

My uncle swore by his wobble dado for years... until he tried to make a nice cabinet. He ended up just using a router for all his dados after that.