Max writes:
> If I could return to the question that spawned all of this, how much better
does a stair (dado) saw work than > ye olde backsaw (tenon saw, Geoff)? I used
to think that I needed one, but I've been cutting a fair amount of > stopped
dados (not grooves) with a backsaw without incident.

There's the tell right there. If you're already proficient and comfortable with
your technique, the only reason I see to change is to make it noticeably
speedier or cleaner. Or to acquire new tools.

> 
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8byIIIK7wx9LW9FNEdGU3RIUU0/edit?u
sp=docslist_api
>

I have a few pair of those dividers, and I think you'll like them. No harm in
keeping a couple pair in various toolboxes and over everyworkbench.

-T 

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