the fence at a distance from the saw that will cause the first cut to run on the waste side of the line that indicates the left side of the groove. Start the saw and bring the wood into light contact with it; then stop the saw and examine the layout to ensure the cut will be on the waste side of the line. Readjust the fence, if necessary. When the position of the fence is right, make the cut. Then, reverse the wood and proceed to set and test as before for the cut on the opposite side of the groove. Make as many recuts as necessary to remove the waste stock between the side kerfs.

The procedure for grooving or dadoing with the dado head is about the same, except that, in many cases, the dado head can be built up to take out all the waste in a single cut. The two outside cutters alone will cut a groove 1/4 inch wide. Inside cutters vary in thickness from 1/16 to 1/4 inch.

A stopped groove or stopped dado can be cut on the circular saw, using either a saw blade or a dado head, as follows: If the groove or dado is stopped at only one end, clamp a stop block to the rear of the table in a position that will stop the wood from being fed any farther when the saw has reached the place where the groove or dado is supposed to stop. If the groove or dado is stopped at both ends, clamp a stop block to the rear of the table and a starting block to the front. The starting block should be placed so the saw will contact the place where the groove is supposed to start when the infeed end of the piece is against the block. Start the cut by holding the wood above the saw, with the infeed end against the starting block and the edge against the fence. Then, lower the wood gradually onto the saw, and feed it through to the stop block.

A rabbet can be cut on the circular saw as follows: The cut into the face of the wood is called the shoulder cut, and the cut into the edge or end, the cheek cut. To make the shoulder cut (which should be made first), set the saw to extend above the table a distance equal to the desired depth of the cheek. Be sure to measure this distance from a sawtooth set to the left, or away from the ripping fence. If you measure it from a tooth set to the right or toward the fence, the cheek will be too deep by an amount equal to the width of the saw kerf.

By using the dado head, you can cut most ordinary rabbets in a single cut. First, build up a dado head equal in thickness to the desired width of the cheek. Next, set the head to protrude above the table a distance equal to the desired depth of the should. Clamp a 1-inch board to the fence to serve as a guide for the piece, and set the fence so the edge of the board barely contacts the right side of the dado head. Set the piece against the miter gauge (set at 90°), hold the edge or end to be rabbeted against the l-inch board, and make the cut.

On some jointers, a rabbeting ledge attached to the outer edge of the infeed table can be depressed for rabbeting, as shown in figure 3-53. The ledge is located on the outer end of the butterhead. To rabbet on a jointer of this type, you depress the infeed table and the rabbeting ledge the depth of the rabbet below the outfeed table, and set the fence the width of the rabbet away from the outer end of the butterhead. When the piece is fed through, the unrabbeted part feeds onto the rabbeting ledge. The rabbeted portion feeds onto the outfeed table.

Various combinations of the grooved joints are used in woodworking. The tongue-and-groove joint is a combination of the groove and the rabbet, with the tongued member rabbeted on both faces. In some types of paneling, the tongue is made by rabbeting only one face. A tongue of this kind is called a barefaced tongue. A joint often used in making boxes, drawers, and cabinets is the dado and rabbet joint, shown in figure 3-54. As you can see, one of the members is rabbeted on one face to form a barefaced tongue.

Mortise-and-Tenon Joints

The mortise-and-tenon joint is most frequently used in furniture and cabinet work. In the blind mortise-and-tenon joint, the tenon does not penetrate

Figure 3-53.-Rabbeting on a jointer with a rabbeting ledge.