Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Needs Pictures Needs Pictures:  0
Picture(s) thanks Picture(s) thanks:  0
Results 1 to 2 of 2
  1. #1
    Join Date
    May 2013
    Location
    Perth, Western Australia
    Posts
    4

    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. # ADS
    Google Adsense Advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Posts
    Many





     
  3. #2
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    blue mountains
    Posts
    4,882

    Default

    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


Similar Threads

  1. Advice needed on installing a 1200 wide entrance door?
    By solcom in forum WOODWORK - GENERAL
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 23rd June 2013, 10:01 AM
  2. Advice needed - cutting brass rod?
    By JiffyRobert in forum METALWORK FORUM
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 13th March 2013, 03:37 PM
  3. advice needed on cutting an arc or circle
    By alwyn in forum WOODWORK - GENERAL
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 17th March 2009, 08:22 AM
  4. Router jig for cutting stopped dado
    By sam63 in forum WOODWORK - GENERAL
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 29th October 2005, 01:49 AM
  5. Advice needed on cutting up logs
    By davo284 in forum WOODWORK - GENERAL
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 28th November 2004, 12:53 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •