Flat bottom dado?

[Jim Becker]

Two 1/8" kerf ATBR blades stacked side-by-side (with a little shim to make up for the difference in the plate thickness from the carbide tips) would do what you want to do without the tell-tale "ears" that virtualy all the quality dado sets give you. (the very tip of the outer blades are set up to score for clean cross-cutting)

The router table is anothe option, but I'd worry about tear-out...for the figured stuff you are using, I wouldn't do this without backer blocks both in front of and in the back of the actual stock.

[bruce erdman]

If you are using finger joints, they not be high end boxes, IMHO!

[Frederick Skelly]

if you have the spare $ burning a hole in your pocket, the Forrest or Freuds mentioned are going to be hard to beat. Im tempted too.

But, remember that you can mix power tools with hand tools for less $ and get good results. Jay St. Peter suggested using a shoulder plane to flatten the dado made on your TS. In a similar vein, Id suggest a Router Plane. I bought a small one (1/4" wide) from Lee Valley last year for about $70. It works very well for me.

Anyway, its an option to consider. Good luck!

Fred

[Jim Neeley]

Dennis,

Forrest makes square blades specifically for cutting finger joints. They're a two-blade set designed specifically to do as you request. You'll need to build or buy a spacing jig nevertheless.

[Todd Burch]

Wow. An 8-year old thread.

Bruce, what is high end box?

[John Hays]

Wow. An 8-year old thread.

Yep, forum threads are like a carton of milk... always check the date before opening.