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  1. #1
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    May 2013
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    Default Advice Needed: Cutting big wide stopped Dado

    Hi
    I'm after some advice - I'm making a bench and my last 4 joints are stopped dados that will house the long stretchers. These are half-lap joints, and the vertical piece will end up being laminated to another to make a leg with a mortise to receive the stretcher's tenon.

    Anyway, I need to chop a 80x70x30mm piece away from the leg. I've done 1 using a router (3 passes) to cut the sides and back and chiseled out the rest. My issue with that approach is that it's loud, messy and slow.

    Any advice on a hand-tool approach that will make less dust and is more "sleeping baby" friendly ? How do I start the sides and get the bottom even?

    I work in the garage and only time I get to fire up machines is when our baby up - so free time is when she's asleep. Sawing and chiselling is relatively quiet compared to a router and shop vac.

    Thanks
    Pete

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    blue mountains
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    The days of hand tools are not yet over as you have just found out.
    Te basic method it to mark the joint out with a marking knife. Cut the walls with a tennon saw and chisel out the waste. Use a router plane to get the bottom nice and flat. Couple of links will help explain and save me a long winded explaination. The second link is how to make a poor mans router plane in case you dont have one.
    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/te...-dados-by-hand

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2a_FwjAgk


    Regards
    john


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