Combining rabbets, dadoes, and grooves

Here is a small sampling of the many forms these joints can take. In deciding what to include, I started with the combinations that I put to use most often. They have gotten me out of a few jams over the years, and there isn’t a single one that I’d want to do without.

CORNER JOINTS

SHELF JOINTS

CORNER JOINTS

Provides increased glue surface and better registration; good for plywood.

PANEL JOINTS

FLAT JOINTS

VERTICAL JOINTS

Excerpted from Foundations of Woodworking (The Taunton Press, 2021) by Michael Pekovich.
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