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    Dado Blade Basics

    Nov 02, 2021 5 minutes
    Written by: Phil Huber

    The main job of a standard table saw blade is division. You rip one wide board into two or more narrow pieces. Or crosscut a panel into smaller fractions. A dado blade on the other hand works on the principle of addition by subtraction. This isn’t some form of new math. With a dado blade, you can add a groove to a workpiece by removing some of the material from that part.

    Cleverness aside, this concept of what a dado blade does helps you understand its practicality in the shop. With this in mind, we’ll look at what a dado blade is and how it works. From there, we can look into a few ways to get the cleanest cuts no matter the application.

    All saw blades, unlike a knife or scissors, cut by removing a small amount of

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