Ok, as I progress playing with the neanderthal way or working wood it seems dados and grooves are still a mystery to me. I have a #78 rabbet plane and am able to use it as well as a shoulder plane to clean the rabbet. I understand a plough will do grooves with the grain and am in search of one. I also have a 71 1/2 router plane and have played with saw kerfs to chisels to the 71 1/2 for dados. I know this method works but not for me at this point. It seems that Lee valley and Lie-nielsen make rabbet and ploughs but I don't see anyone making a dado anymore. Is this the case or am I just missing something? My understanding is a dado would have a nicker and a skewed blade as it is cross grain. I do see a bunch of old wood dado planes on eBay but really don't know enough about them yet. I don't need new and know Stanley has the 39's (and I am sure some combo plane) that do dado's. I guess I was wondering what options for dado's are out there and how do you do them. And also a second question about anyone still making dado planes? Thanks, John...