Wife wants 3 new doors in kitchen. Rather than allow me to do a really nice job and make nice doors, she wants to save the others and have the new ones match. Old doors are 3/4" plywood with walnut laminate on the surfaces. The doors have a rabbet on the back side about 3/8" deep and 3/8" wide to allow the door to partially set in the cabinet.


Question is what is the best way to cut these rabbets without making a mess of the layers of ply? I have a slider/shaper combo with the Felder Dado set and a rabbet cutter for the shaper. Since it is only 3 doors I am not worried about efficiency or speed, but do want the cleanest cut possible as I slice through the layers of the ply. i have already matched the laminate and have the panels for the door covered, but I can practice on pieces of scrap ply.


Thanks.