Made with the same quality and precision as the award-winning Gold Medal Combination saw blades, the Tenryu Gold Medal Dado Set will give you clean, crisp dados and grooves. With its 40 tooth zero degree rake outside cutters, it's great for fine veneers and thin laminates - even Melamine! And the aggressive-rake inside chippers give you amazingly flat bottom cuts.Due to their aggressive hook angles, most dado sets can't safely be used on radial arm saws. The teeth tend to either lift the material or try to run out into it and bind up. If you've ever tried a positive hook blade on a radial arm, you know what I'm talking about. I couldn't tell you how many times I tripped a breaker using my RAS years ago, before there were blades made (or before I knew about them, anyway) for radial arms. And when the blade tries to walk across the top of the board, that can't be doing the saw any favors!
Unlike all those other dado sets, the Tenyru Gold Medal Dado CAN be used on a radial arm. And, if the arbor shaft is long enough, on a sliding miter as well. Think how much easier it would be grooving boards for bookshelves if you could do it on a RAS or slide miter saw!
Now, a good dado set is an investment and you want to keep it in tip-top shape so you need a good way to protect it when you're not using it. With that in mind, Tenryu sets come complete with the fine wooden case you see in the picture here.
And speaking of investment, this is what Woodworkers Journal Magazine had to say about the Gold Medal Dado:
...."Its C4 carbide teeth are thicker and taller than the Forrest blade, so you may just get a few more trips into the sharpening service with this blade before it needs a fresh set of teeth"...
For more information or to purchase a Tenryu Gold Medal Dado Set, visit Just Saw Blades.
At this time, the Tenryu dado set only comes in one size: 8" with a 5/8" arbor, which is ideal for 8" or 10" saws. If you need something larger, check out SystiMatic Dado Sets.
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