Joinery Single Session: Dados & Rabbets

Skill level: Intermediate

Learn about using dados and rabbets in your projects to provide strong support for elements like shelves and backing.

What's the difference? A dado is a U-shaped, square-bottomed channel cut across the grain (if it goes with the grain, it's a groove). This common joint can be used to support shelves on a bookcase or cut vertically to hold partitions.

A rabbet is an L-shaped channel cut on the edge of your workpiece. You'll find it used primarily to hold the backboard of a cabinet or other casework, or to accommodate the glass on a picture frame.

Single class tuition: $100

Single class materials fee: $15

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