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    how to cut a double stopped rabbit by hand...

    I can't afford to get me the new Veritas Skew rabbit plane. That is the one I would really like.

    so how else can I do this by hand? Chisel?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Sommers View Post
    [...] how else can I do this by hand? Chisel?
    Chisel and Azebiki?

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    Cutting gauge, saw, and chisel.

    Score the lines as deeply as possible, saw what you can, and chisel out the waste ...











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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Sommers View Post
    I can't afford to get me the new Veritas Skew rabbit plane. That is the one I would really like.

    so how else can I do this by hand? Chisel?
    Am I missing something in the details about the Veritas Skew Rabbet Plane being able to do stopped rabbets?

    I know how to do it with a Stanley #45 or #55:

    http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?214308

    In this post the #45 is used to make a stopped slot, but the same technique can be used for rabbets.

    Otherwise cutting it out like Derek suggests is a good option.

    Another would be to make a wood block router plane with a chisel as a blade to do the work.

    jtk
    Last edited by Jim Koepke; 04-24-2016 at 11:53 AM. Reason: wood block router
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Sommers View Post
    I can't afford to get me the new Veritas Skew rabbit plane. That is the one I would really like.

    so how else can I do this by hand? Chisel?
    The skew rabbet wouldn't help you, for two reasons: It has a non-removable toe (meaning that it can't plane all the way into a corner), and it's skewed (meaning that even if it didn't have a toe it still wouldn't be able to plane all the way into a square corner).

    If the rabbet is at least twice as long as a bullnose plane with its toe removed then you could cut it by making opposing passes with that, with the side of the bullnose registered against a batten to control both rabbet width and squareness. It takes a little practice to get a uniformly deep rabbet that way, though, which is why everybody suggests the saw-and-chisel approach.
    Last edited by Patrick Chase; 04-24-2016 at 2:47 PM.

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    I suspect the traditional approach where a double stopped rabbet would appear needed is to redesign so it's not.

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    The photos I posted above were part of the process of planing stopped rebates with the Veritas Skew Rabbet Plane.

    Here is the rebate-to-be ...



    Chisel rebates at the beginning and end. Tnis creates space for the plane to start and finish. Then just plane away ...





    There is more here: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furnitu...ngForward.html

    Regards from Perth

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    Obviously *any* rabbeting plane will work for the center section of a very long stopped rabbel as in Derek's second example above.

    Question for the OP: How long are your double-stopped rabbets?

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