Rebates or rabbet joints are one of the most common forms of joinery for accepting backs in furniture etc. Whilst a moving fillister plane my be the most obvious hand tool for cutting rebates, I wanted to show you an alternative approach to cutting this joint by hand which uses only the very basic of tools. This video covers rebates / rabbet joints cut both with and across the grain, and the methods demonstrated can be used for any length of joint.
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