I've got a set by Amana and it works well.

This is interesting. I have had my sawstop for 8 years and remember that there was very little guidance on dados other than it had to be an 8 inch set and that the width of the dados was limited. I have the Freud set and have not had any issues, but the cartridge has never fired with the dado in. Would have been nice for SS to notify all owners!

2 years ago when I was shopping for a new cabinet saw, I considered the Sawstop. It is by far the best made machine on the market. fit, finish, and operation the best. The one problem I could not resolve was the ease of use of a Dado pack, and the use of a 7 1/4" circular saw blade for very thin parts. 

I was told by the salesman at the time that either was no problem, there is a switch inside the cabinet to turn off the sensors? I then asked "then why have them". A blank stare and a shoulder shrug was my answer. 

I bought a new Grizzly Cabinet saw, it does everything I need and want, and like all woodworkers before, always use push sticks and pay attention to where my hands and fingers are in relation to the spinning blade.

Good luck finding the correct Dado Pack, and the Salesman did tell me you can buy an accessory Dado Cartridge that takes 5 to 10 minutes to change over when needed?

Jim Allen

I neglected to say that at Brooksby we replace the saw cartridge about every six months.  Can's say every one was a finger saver.  I tripped it once when I was cutting aluminum.  So focused on how the blade would deal with the aluminum I total forgot about the electrical conduction path.  One member tripped it when  removing a small cutoff and touched the blade disk when it was almost stopped.  So note that if the blade is turning at all, it will trip.