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The Mitre/Rabbet joint

January 21, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Router Tips

Today’s tip is about finding ways to hide end grain on the top of your next shelf project. This is a simple joint that uses the 1″ straight bit and the V-Groove bit to make a mitre-rabbet joint. There are three set up’s to make the joinery. Step one: cut the rabbet into the sides of the shelf unit, Step two: cut the mitre on the end of the shelf sides, Step three: cut the matching cut on the top ends.

http://routerworkshop.net/freecontents/mitrerabbet110/mitrerabbet110.flv

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7 Responses to “The Mitre/Rabbet joint”

  1. Jose LopeZ on January 21st, 2009 6:40 pm

    Since I am very new in woodworking these videos that you show regarding the subject of router is indeed very informative and it opens up new avenues of thought especially for me. I sincerely appreciate your efforts in providing this particular way of conveying valuable information.

  2. fred n on January 22nd, 2009 8:18 am

    what is the name of the bit used
    average cost is?
    thank you

  3. admin on January 22nd, 2009 12:28 pm

    A V-Groove bit and a 1″ straight bit. average cost is approx. $25.00 for the V-Groove and $20.00 for the straight bit. There are all kinds of sources out there for the router bits.

  4. Allen Barenholtz on January 23rd, 2009 9:43 am

    I appreciate the tips and videos, since they always add to my knowledge and experience in woodworking.

    This tip, however, with the miter/rabbet joint, has me questioning something pretty basic, when it comes to the actual visual part of the tip. In the picture, I see tear-out on the finished piece, and I see that the miter joint itself appears to have a big shadow, or gap of perhaps 1/32-1/16 (hard to say, interpreting a visual like this). But it does appear to be ill-fitting.

    Those two visual elements make me wonder if I’m mis-interpreting what I’m seeing, or whether a re-do on your part might be in order, before presenting the tip to a discerning audience.

    I hope this comes across as a friendly critique — I have appreciated your splendid work for some time now! — and I expect to continue in the same way . . .

    Allen Barenholtz

  5. admin on January 23rd, 2009 12:13 pm

    Thanks for the comments Allen,

    This joinery was made without cleaning up and hand fit for the live video. We want ed to portray the fact that it was cut without any video tricks. Pine also has a tendency to fuse up a bit when cut on a miter.

    Thanks for the comments.

    Rick

  6. Rudy Hrlevich on January 29th, 2009 8:59 pm

    Where can one purchase the two bits used in making the miter/rabbet joint?
    No mattter what catalog I look through I cannot find that V-groove bit with that long side.
    Rudy Hrlevich

  7. admin on January 29th, 2009 9:42 pm

    Rudy:

    I can’t imagine not being able to find the v-groove bit. If you can’t find the router bit you can do the same with a regular bit just in 2-3 passes. First set up the normal V-groove to the max. make the first cut then raise the bit a bit more and make a second cut, etc…

    Thanks,

    Rick

    PS: I check around to see if I can find the router bit.

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