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(02-07-2023, 11:15 AM)rwe2156 Wrote: I wouldn't hesitate to by the Dadonator. They are made by Amana, BTW.
I have a set of the old type Dadonator which I'm (not supposed to ;-) use on my SawStop.
I have a Dado King, too. The Dadonator does a better job. The Dado King was sharpened by Forrest, the Dadonator by my local service. Go figure.....
Last I knew Amana bought their higher end blades from Dimar and last I knew Amana didn't make anything themselves, at least not saw blades and braised tooling.
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If I remember correctly, Dimar was made by the same company, just didn't have the Amana markup. I bought a Dimar dado set about 35 years ago and that's what I was told. I wouldn't hesitate to buy any Dimar tooling.
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I make finger joints all the time using the Freud SBOX8 set and it does a great job. Forrest also makes two different sets so one can cut also cut 3/16th and 5 /16th joints. With the Forrest sets I do not see why one couldn't use all 4 blades to cut wider finger joints but since I only have the Freud set I can't say for certain.
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(04-04-2024, 07:20 AM)museumguy Wrote: If I remember correctly, Dimar was made by the same company, just didn't have the Amana markup. I bought a Dimar dado set about 35 years ago and that's what I was told. I wouldn't hesitate to buy any Dimar tooling.
Nothing wrong with Dimar, I sell some Whiteside saw blades made by Dimar but they are transparent about it. High quality and decent prices compared to other premium blades.
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(04-07-2024, 03:10 PM)Brian in sunny FL Wrote: Nothing wrong with Dimar, I sell some Whiteside saw blades made by Dimar but they are transparent about it. High quality and decent prices compared to other premium blades.
Exactly, if I needed more blades, I'd certainly look at Dimar.
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