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How to cut a 1/4" Dado

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  • 16-06-2009 3:32pm
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    Dummy
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭


    I am adding drawers to a project I am finishing up.

    But how do you cut 1/4" dado into a drawer side? Or is it simply pass it through the table saw a few times? Any easier options?


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,467 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Do you have a router?


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    Dummy
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Dummy


    Thanks Alun - yeah i was just thinking that. I'll get a 1/4" router bit when I finish up here tonight. Or better still I'll wait till tomorrow night and go over to McQuillans before I go down home on Friday.


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    demakinz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭demakinz


    using the router is your best bet.running it through the saw wouldnt be as accurate + its a lot safer.ya gotta mind those fingers.


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    ennisa
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭ennisa


    remember though that 1/4" plywood/mdf is not 1/4" thick. If you cut an exact 1/4" dado then it will be a little loose. Maybe that will work and you will be leaving it floating anyway.


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    Dummy
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Dummy


    ennisa wrote: »
    remember though that 1/4" plywood/mdf is not 1/4" thick. If you cut an exact 1/4" dado then it will be a little loose. Maybe that will work and you will be leaving it floating anyway.

    What size of bit should I get then? I would not like it too loose. Or indeed what size plywood should I use?


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    omniscient_toad
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    ,


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    Paul.C
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Paul.C


    why reopen an old topic?

    For the record, top tip for wooden drawer sliders- get clear candle wax and rub into the sliding edges for better opening and closing


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