Originally Posted by
Paul F Franklin
The advantage of the replaceable inserts for use with a dado set vs. the standard SS dado insert is that with the SS unit, once you cut, say, a 3/4 dado, you are stuck with the 3/4 opening in the insert. When you use it for a narrower dado, it won't be zero clearance on the one side so you may get more tear-out along that side of the cut.
With the replaceable inserts, you can remove the insert with the 3/4 wide slot, install a new insert, and cut it with the narrower dado. Then you will have a zero clearance on both sides for the narrower dado.
Of course, you can just buy a bunch of the standard SS dado inserts and keep one for each size of dado you usually cut. But it's a lot more expensive to swap the whole insert assembly vs just slipping in a new strip into the Infinity version.
If you're cutting grooves (along the grain), having zero clearance usually isn't crucial, but when you're cutting cross grain, especially in plywood, the zero clearance really helps.