To cut thin grooves in plywood or melamine without chipping, Forrest’s Thin Kerf Dado Blades work cleanly.
Sometimes, of course, you need to start a project on a saw, and sometimes the material you’re cutting just might be plywood or melamine. Forrest Manufacturing was thinking of just such situations when they designed their new Thin Kerf Dado blades: the blades are meant to produce thin grooves, and the 24 teeth mean the two outside blades do so cleanly, without chipping or splintering as you cut on a table saw or radial arm saw. (Standard size is for a 5/8″ arbor bore; others are also available.) The three-piece set, which comes with a 1/16″ chipper for creating cuts from 3/16″ to 1/4″, sells for $209, while the two-piece set, which comes with just the outside blades and the shims for 3/16″ cuts, sells for $189 in 2009.
