Locking Rabbet Joint Drawers. I seriously am considering buying a small, second table saw. Here, the rabbet's tongue is cut to fit a dado on the mating part, so the pieces can lock together positively. Blind rabbet joints use the pairing of a rabbet and dado to the best advantage.
Dado joints are most commonly used when making shelves miter joints and rabbet joints are often combined to create a corner lock joint for drawers and box corners.
Here, the rabbet's tongue is cut to fit a dado on the mating part, so the pieces can lock together positively. First machine your drawer box pieces to size. It was love at first cut. So i would like to use a locking rabbet joint on the drawers. It would be nice to have one dedicated for a dado stack so i don't have to switch blades constantly. So that you don't have to change the blade setup, use a 1/4 spacer board between the fence and the board. Compare/contrast to drawer locking joint and end miter joint. Here, the rabbet's tongue is cut to fit a dado on the mating part, so the pieces can lock together positively.
