Got the router powertool thing figured out, but wondering how have you rabbeted this Ash endgrain joint using handtools only? Showing the scrap test piece — actual board is 22 x 50 x 3/4″. Rabbet is 3/8 x 3/8″ and I wish to keep the stop end pieces intact. Thinking a sharp chisel and mallet to start..
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You can chisel out enough room to run a rabbet plane in, in its bullnose position, which will be the fastest and cleanest way to get it done. You can chisel the whole thing and clean it up with a shoulder plane, but leave a little for the plane, and incise the boundaries deeply. You can possibly redesign to avoid the whole exercise in the first place.
Razor the lines and take out the waste with a router plane. Work from the center towards both ends.
Thanks & both good solutions, but too much work. Went with the redesign option back to dovetails..
You could do the majority of the work with a kerfing plane (really a type of saw) and clean up the ends with a sharp chisel
I have made a couple of these, very useful in hand re-sawing.
https://www.finewoodworking.com/2024/08/10/made-you-look-building-a-kerfing-plane?srsltid=AfmBOorPJ8J6C9ClEvttnvwrJ4ZY7IXiCJF1qL_3xjSvSqQPAeHLPSum
I’ve done it exactly like you described it a few times. It is faster to do than you might imagine.
As Charlie mentioned, chisel space at each end, to have a place to start and end the shaving. Use a rebate plane to remove the waste.
A few photos below, with a example of a frame for the back of a chest.
Regards from Perth, Derek
Thanks and nice work!