At 08:02 PM 9/12/05, Bill Taggart wrote:

>What is the proper and preferred method for removing the waste with a router
>and getting the dado to the finished depth?
>
>In my case, since I was working with old, dry pine boards, what I did was
>make parallel saw kerfs at the appropriate width and full depth, and I set
>the router to the full finished depth of cut, then just plowed out the waste

My question is, if you have the kerfs cut, why not take a chisel to 
knock out the waste and then clean it up with the router, rabbet or dado plane?

Sure seems a heck of a lot quicker to me?  Unless you have boards 
with grain going in 19 directions..........

Tony

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