I'm making a drawer, out of 3/4" plywood. As part of my continued education, I want to use a lock rabbet joint, since I've never done that one before. I want to use the table saw, since my my box joint blade does both 1/4" and 3/8" cuts.
I found a great video on the Wood Magazine web site, but the example is done using 1/2" stock for the sides. I'm trying to figure out how to best adapt this for 3/4" stock.
Thought #1 is to keep the dado at 1/4" deep, then just cut away more on the mating piece to create the 1/4" rabbet. The video shows how you can use a 1/4" shim to avoid having to reset the fence, I don't think I need a shim with 3/4" stock.
Thought #2 is to make the dado 3/8" deep, and the rabbet 3/8" wide to match, half the width of the stock. The shim would have to be 3/8" to match.
It would seem the 3/8" dado/ rabbet would be stronger, and setup more intuitive. Anything I'm missing here? I don't have any spare stock
I found a great video on the Wood Magazine web site, but the example is done using 1/2" stock for the sides. I'm trying to figure out how to best adapt this for 3/4" stock.
Thought #1 is to keep the dado at 1/4" deep, then just cut away more on the mating piece to create the 1/4" rabbet. The video shows how you can use a 1/4" shim to avoid having to reset the fence, I don't think I need a shim with 3/4" stock.
Thought #2 is to make the dado 3/8" deep, and the rabbet 3/8" wide to match, half the width of the stock. The shim would have to be 3/8" to match.
It would seem the 3/8" dado/ rabbet would be stronger, and setup more intuitive. Anything I'm missing here? I don't have any spare stock