dado blades, what's best

[Mikey N.C.]

Was going to buy a set, but noticed the big difference in prices. was going to use on table saw.

[Perry]

For ordinary use? I went with Freud. Quality costs a bit more, but you won't regret it.
If you want to use for hand holds, get a molding head cutter.

[G3farms]

I use an old set of stack dado blades, these are craftsman and date to around 1950's. Still work good on the table saw that dates about that old also. I do have a wobble blade but does not clean out the corner of the cut very good.

[apisbees]

Stack dado with carbide tip teeth 8" for a 10" table saw.

[LazyBkpr]

   What Apis said. I started with the 8" stack in my ten inch table saw. They can be sharpened two to three times, then you have to get new blades..  If your only doing a few boxes they should last you quite a long while..   The stack blades were not cost effective for the amount of boxes I do so i switched to a jig and router for hand holds. router bits can be had cheap.. even the six dollar dove tail bit will do 40ish boxes.

   

[apisbees]

What Apis said. I started with the 8" stack in my ten inch table saw. They can be sharpened two to three times, then you have to get new blades..

If that is all you got out of them for sharping them they either got the teeth chipped and needed to be ground down to get rid of the chips. This can happen if to hard of carbide is used. The theory was the harder the teeth the longer they would stay sharp. But then they would chip more easily. The other thing I have seen is some saw sharpening shops sell blades, and if you take someone eases blade into them they grind the crap out of it and give you an excuse that they needed to grind it that much.

[LazyBkpr]

I'll have to let my sharpener know that.
  He doesnt sell anything, just sharpens.. blades, knives, planer blades, chainsaw blades, drill bits etc.