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Routing Dado Joints
October 25, 2005

In the high-school furniture-making class I teach, we use a router and a parallel guide like the one shown above to cut most of our dado joints. Even though the…
Carcase Dadoing Jig
October 25, 2005

The homemade dadoing jig illustrated in Christian Becksvoort's article "Building a Chest of Drawers" (Fine Woodworking #68) is similar to the one I made several years ago. Mine differs in…
Easily Aligned Jig for Routing Shelf Dadoes
October 25, 2005

Recently, I had to rout lots of dadoes in cabinet sides for 3/4-in. plywood shelving. I came up with a method built around a 5/8-in. patternmaking router bit (with the…
Enlarging Routed Dadoes
October 25, 2005

I recently had to rout a series of dadoes slightly wider than the router bit into some large panels. To accomplish this, I took advantage of my slightly eccentric router…
Router Dado Setup on a Table Saw
October 25, 2005

One way that the Biesemeyer and other similar tablesaw fences have changed the way we work is that the alignment guide is so accurate that you can make quick, confident…
A Simple Dado for Shelves
October 25, 2005

Use your router and a shopmade workstation to cut perfect dadoes.
Using Shoulder Planes
October 25, 2005

Suited for a variety of tasks, these hand tools can cleanly cut cross-grain, long-grain, and end-grain wood.
A Basic Dado and Rabbet on the Table Saw
October 25, 2005

Use a dado set to cut these fundamental woodworking joints accurately.
Routing Dadoes with a Template
October 25, 2005

Matching dadoes are a sure thing if you use a plywood template to guide the router.
All About Rabbet and Dado Joints
September 12, 2005

Mario Rodriguez provides a quick guide to these simple joints.

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