Where can you buy a dado throat plate for the Milwaukee M18 Fuel cordless table saw? This question has come up a couple of times, and a reader recently asked if I had any luck in answering it.
Short answer: You have to contact Milwaukee’s service parts department.
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I emailed Milwaukee Tool’s customer service, as this didn’t seem like a question to busy our PR contacts over.
I asked:
Where can one purchase the dado throat plate or dado throat plate assembly for the M18 Fuel table saw, model 2736-20? The parts list (PDF) mentions a dado throat plate (part 236, 44-66-0046) and a dado throat plate assembly (part 262, 14-67-0010), but I can find neither at Milwaukee distributors. Perhaps there is a different model number?
Their response:
Genuine Milwaukee Tool service parts and accessories are available for purchase by calling and talking with our Global Customer Service Representatives at 1.800.SAWDUST [1.800.729.3878], select prompt #2, Monday – Friday, 7:00AM – 6:30PM, Central Time. We accept most major credit cards [American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard or Visa] for payment.
I’m always annoyed when I email customer service and the reply tells me to call, but I guess it makes sense. Plus, they did answer my question. I asked where one can purchase that part, and they told me about the process. Maybe if I asked for a price they would have been able to give me that via email.
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I figure that if I call, they’ll give me a price and if I accept, the order will processed right then and there. (I’m under the weather and limiting my talking, otherwise I’d give it a try.)
So where can you buy the dado throat plate for Milwaukee’s M18 Fuel cordless table saw? You have to call their parts department.
From the parts diagram, it looks like part no. 14-67-0010 is what you want. That’s the dado throat plate assembly, which looks to have all the doodads and thingamajigs necessary to install, level, and use the dado throat plate without fuss.
Why? My guess is that there are relatively few customers who want this accessory, and too few to make it a dealer-stocked product. Perhaps also coming into play is that if Milwaukee sells it to you directly, they can potentially keep the margin low. If they sell it to a dealer who sells it to you, that part is now going to cost more. If it’s a low-demand accessory, most dealers might not have it in stock and would have to drop-ship it from Milwaukee anyway.
The process seems a little more involved than simply placing an order through your favorite Milwaukee Tool dealer, but at least you can buy a dado throat plate if you want to.
Lastly, my 10:30pm after-hours email was replied to by 3pm today, which is a pretty good response time.
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Corey Moore
Same situation with dewalts tough box in-lid storage accessory. Forums helped me with that search-awesome to see y’all helping on this page. I’m sure that’s a big reason a number of people bought Milwaukee’s, among others.
Nathan
I’m a bit surprised they offer that. So does the manual state that it must be a 6 inch dado stack – and do they mention a maximum thickness?
Even more surprised they sell a rack and pinion fence system like Dewalt’s.
Stuart
The manual says you can use a 6″ stack up to 3/4″ wide.
Chris
“Like” DeWalt? Dude I have the DeWalt FlexVolt table saw….. This thing above is IDENTICAL. Fence, legs, battery location, height wheel, tabletop, miter rails, power switch.
Oh but mine is yellow ?
Daniel
3/4” wide x 1/2” deep (or 1/2” wide x 3/4” deep) max. I’ve used a 3/4” wide x 3/8” deep dado and did a 200+ dado’s in 24” wide plywood and it did awesome! I just used it without a throat plate because it wasn’t available at the time (i know, dangerous… shhhh). I was consistently able to get 34 dados with the 12.0ah battery
ktash
Wow, the rack and pinion fence is why I got the DW 745. That fence is really great.
Benjamen
Making your own throat plates is a cinch if you can find material the same thickness, or can thickness material yourself.
Just cut out a piece slightly larger than the throat plate, then use the existing throat plate as a router template for the new plate.
To make the blade slot, lower the blade all the way down and clamp the blank throat plate in place. Raise the blade up through the throat plate and you now have a zero clearance plate. I make a bunch of plates at once so I can have a custom zero clearance plate whenever I use a dado blade.
I have had the issue where the saw blade won’t go down far enough, then I just cut a dado groove in the bottom of the throat plate to make room.
Carlos
Agreed,
This is what I have done for my Dewalt and after making a few of them, I would never go back to the original that came with the machine.
Raoul
I’ve always made my own.
fred
Not specific for this saw – but you might be interested in the inserts made by Leecraft.
I have wood shop-made insets for my Unisaw and Bosch jobsite saw – and have some made from the Leecraft phenolic plates. Both work well – but I do like the material that Leecraft uses:
http://leecraftzeroclearance.com/
Mike Sheridan
On my copy of this saw – the original throat plate is a sloppy fit – so, using it as a template with a template bit and a router would have left me with a sloppy fitting copy.
Tim D.
If you use a template guide on the router, you’ll generally gain a little size (16th-ish). Maybe that could account for some of the slop?
Bill
If the original plate is only off by a few thousandths then you can often just wrap the edge in a turn of two of masking tape and that will yield a slightly larger plate using the bearing router bit method.
Lamar
That’s what I’m saying “u can always make ur own”
Mike S
I made my own zero-clearance and dado plates for this saw – I bought 1/2″ poplar from Home Depot, and adjusted the thickness with the saw itself (multiple passes sanding on end) and use a jig saw and sander to make the rounded ends. I used a tap-and-die set to cut in the threads for the screws from the plate that came with the saw. For the zero-clearance, I also had to notch out some material from the underside so that the blade could be fully raised – but that didn’t take long with a circ. saw and a chisel – just use the plate that came with it as a template to mark out the rough size and you should be fine.
I’m sure that their plate is much nicer than mine – but, it didn’t take me long to make mine, and poplar was only about $3 – I made both plates from a single piece.
Mike S
(standing on end – not sanding)…
Also – the Freud 6″ dado stack worked well for me in the saw. I had a lot of shaking at first – but, that was because I had not installed the chippers well and I may not have had the arbor nut tight enough. After some small adjustments to the chipper setup and sufficient (but not over) tightening of the arbor nut – I was off to the races and happy with the results.
Mike S
I found this on the Milwaukee site:
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Support/PartsPricing
Unfortunately, it doesn’t list any of the Dado parts for the saw;
neither does the Excel sheet which seemingly contains most replacement parts that they offer for sale (maybe).
I couldn’t find any of the throat plates using that link…
I’m very interested to hear what you find if/when you call them…
ktash
I bought a zero clearance insert plate for my DW745 from Peachtree Woodworking for my single blade, but you can also make one for a dado stack. All you do is raise the sawblade to cut the slot (you have to secure the plate, look on youtube for instructions). Helps with tearout. You can call them to see if they have one for the Milwaukee. If not they sell the blank plates which might save some time. Some other places may have them, too. Around $15. The plate sold by Milwaukee is not likely to be zero clearance.
ktash
Just noticed Fred’s comments/link about the Leecraft plates. Here’s the Peachtree link:
https://www.ptreeusa.com/tablesaw_zero_clearance.html. They sell both phenolic and UHMW plates.
Fred knows his stuff, so I’d try the ones he recommends first, but if you are using the blank plates to make your own, the biggest issue is that you want the right thickness, as discussed above. FYI, most of these are made to be compatible with the Microjig splitter, but not the guard that comes with the saws. YMMV
Jay
Did you end up buying the assembly or just the throat plate? What was the cost?
Stuart
No, we have not yet not pursued it further.
Phil
https://www.ohiopowertool.com/p-23134-milwaukee-6-assembled-dado-throat-plate-14-67-0010.aspx