Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-4, страница 37

Removing the waste is done exactly the same way as with the piece of mahogany shown earlier.

The rabbet creates an extra shadow line. The next step would be to cut a tongue on the top and bottom edges of the panel that would fit into a groove in the rail. This tongue is formed by using a shoulder plane. This, of course, is an end-grain cut as shown previously.

After marking the shoulder of the tongue with a cutting gauge, making the rabbet is straightforward shoulder plane work.

When the panel is put in place, it is trapped firmly between the top and bottom rails where the angled face and the rabbet are displayed to advantage.

Once the tongue is completed, its profile shows in crisp relief. Note that the rabbet forming the tongue is clean and square. It must fit perfectly into the groove in the rail.

A shoulder plane is the essential tool for making rabbets on the solid-wood bottom of a handmade drawer so that the long shoulders fit tight and flush with the drawer slips. The making of this drawer was taught in the June 2003 issue of Woodworker's Journal.

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Ian Kirby is a master woodworker, a designer and a frequent contributor to Woodworker's Journal.

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