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   Scott | Sep 25, 2007 06:06am | #1

   >>>Are these saws extinct? I have been looking for one forever and can't seem to find a trace of one.

   Don't know what you mean by a 'dado saw', but dado blades are readily available for table saws. I'm about to buy one of these:

   http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=30061&cat=1,41080,41165&ap=1

   Scott.

   Always remember those first immortal words that Adam said to Eve, “You’d better stand back, I don’t know how big this thing’s going to get.”

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   grpphoto | Sep 25, 2007 06:37am | #2

   As Scott says, the blades are readily available. I have used a 6" set in a 7.25" circular saw with success. Be careful with this. Some sort of a guide for the saw is a must.

   George Patterson
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   Stilletto | Sep 25, 2007 01:24pm | #3

   I know that they still sell dado kits for table saws,  they will only give you a dado of 7/8" or so. 

   I was looking for the circular saw kit that cuts a 3-1/2" dado for the birdsmouth on rafters. 

   Matt

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   Jer | Sep 25, 2007 01:36pm | #4

   I have seen them in pictures and articles and I know the saw you're talking about. I don't think it is that common, but I'll bet it would be available as a specialty tool for framers or even timber framers.

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   Stilletto | Sep 25, 2007 01:42pm | #5

   I found a new one on a Mafell site.  Directed towards carpenters and timberframers. 

   It was called a skew notch and tenon cutter.  Looked like it had a cutter head like a planer rather than dado blades.  It was $5,500 for it.  A little to pricey for me. 

    

   Matt

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   Stilletto | Sep 26, 2007 12:44am | #6

   Come on,  one of you tool hoarders has to have one of these that you want to get rid of. 

   Tim Uhler was talking to a guy over at JLC about one months ago,  I wonder if he bought it. 

    

   Matt

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   Timuhler | Sep 26, 2007 01:54am | #7

   I never bought one but someone did offer to sell me one I think.  That was about a year ago. 

   You can find John Harman's email through the JLC forums and email him about it.  About 2 years ago he got one on ebay and I think he has had one made before. 

    

   I think both him and Will Holladay don't like to use them over a 6-12 because its hard on the saw.

   I haven't gang cut for awhile, but the next house we do, I will.  I has a lot of commons.  I think I might do a thread on that job at JLC.  We'll see.

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   Stilletto | Sep 26, 2007 02:01am | #8

   Sweet,  I like gang cutting photo threads.  I'll lift some stones over to JLC and see what I can find. 

   Lately I have gotten offers to put that extra money in my pocket that would normally go into a truss package and that has me wanting soem of the better saws.  Some truss packages are 10k to 20k.  Take material out of that and I add 5-7k each job.  I could get used to that kind of raise. 

   Matt