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Had to pick between a dado stack and a router for kitchen cabinet grooves
Last month I was fitting shelves for a client in Austin and needed to cut consistent grooves. I tried my old router setup first but the tear-out on cherry was brutal after three tries. Switched to a Freud dado stack on the table saw and it cut clean in one pass with zero sanding needed. Has anyone else found certain joint methods just work better for specific woods?
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rileyl9822d ago
Didn't a guy on YouTube mention dado stacks are way cleaner on hardwoods than routers?
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mark_cooper22d ago
...and the router tear-out problem gets even worse if you don't pay attention to grain direction on figured woods. I've found that dado stacks actually shear the fibers instead of scraping them like a router bit does, which makes a huge difference on tricky grain like cherry or maple. Isn't grain direction usually the real culprit when people blame the tool?
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