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I shoulder of the rabbet. Then, unlock the rip fence, give it a nudge toward the blade, and make a second pass. Just keep nudging the fence over and nibbling away at the waste. On the final pass the saw blade should be barely "kissing" the auxiliary fence. TWO GUTS A different technique works great for cutting a rabbet in the edge of a workpiece up to about 6" wide. If you think about it, a rabbet is basically just a 90" notch. So creating a rabbet can be as simple as making two intersecting, perpendicular cuts. Using this "two-cut" method, you can get the job done quickly and accurately with minimal setup time. The Tricks. The goal here is both to size the rabbet accurately and to make the cuts safely. There are just a couple of simple, but important, tricks to doing this. Dado Blade A One-Pass With a good dadoblade on the table saw, cutting rabbets enters a whole different world. You'll find thatrab-beting with a dado blade takes a little extra "setup" time, but afterward you'll zip through the cuts and the results can't be beat. It's my method of choice when a project calls for some "serious" rabbeting. The Setup. A dado blade rabbeting setup is pretty straightforward. First comes the blade. A good stack dado set works best, It will give you a clean shoulder and a nice, flat bottom. Whenever possible, you want to put a "stack" on the saw that's slightly wider than the rabbet you're going to cut (right detail drawing). This allows you to cut the rabbet with a single pass. And then once the blade is installed, I like to cover it with a zero-clearance insert. The cut will be cleaner and the work safer. Bury the Blade. The final piece in the setup is really the key. As you STEP 2: REMOVE THE WASTE .Jt DISTANCE EQUALS WIDTH OF RABBET W CUTIS/, MADE WITH / WORKPIECE ' ON EDGE V v WASTE PIECE FALLS TO OUTSIPE OF BLADE BLADE SET TO DEPTH OF / RABBET A Dado Blade Rabbet. A dado blade setup on the table saw allows you to cut accurate rabbets in one, y quick operation, jffl Method can see in the photo and the drawings, one edge of the dado blade is "buried" in an auxiliary fence clamped to the rip fence of the saw. You'll use this auxiliary rip fence to guide the cut and the dado blade will be free to cut right up to the edge of the workpiece. The Cut. The great tiling about rabbeting with a dado [ blade is that after the saw is set up, you're pretty much home free. Once you've set the fence by measuring to the outside of the blade, use the first workpiece to "sneak up" on the depth of the cut. When you're right on the V_ money, give each work-piece a pass across the ' blade. Just apply good, downward pressure and yoLi'll get quick, consistent 7/^l results from one workpiece to the next. S workpiece DADO BLADE WIPER THAN RABBET AUX. FENCI NOTE: CUTAWAY SHOWN j "" NOTE: RAISE BLADE INTO AUX. FENCE TO CREATE POCKET ZERO-CLEARANCE INSERT |
