Locking Rabbet/Dado joint?
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Hi,
Does anyone make boxes or drawers with a locking rabbet or dado joint? I thought it would be pretty easy and consistent to do with a plow plane, but I did some tests this past weekend and got loose joints and lots of tear out across the grain (even though I knifed the wall). I also tried using a router plane with mixed results. Anyway, I’m sure there is a quick way to do this. Saw a youtube video of a guy using a dado plane but, unfortunately, I don’t have one.
Any ideas?
Wayne,
Tyically this joint is made with a table saw.
Tage Frid shows how for three versions in vol. 1 of Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking.
The video uses a specialty 1/4 inch dado plane from
HNT Gordon at $420.00 Au.
Making this as you describe using a regular plow plane is likelyto be difficult as yuo disco vered
I too would like to know of a technique to plough a dado. I have a veritas plough plane that’s amazing. Not sure on ploughing cross grain