Rabbet notch
Rabbet notches are small recessed grooves or channel which are cut along the edge of a piece of wood, leaving a tongue ,to allowing second to piece to overlap creating a clean and stable corner. The rabbot cut is described as having one shoulder and one bottom, the shoulder being the shorter edge and the botton being the longer edge, they are commonly used in joinery and furniture, such as drawers.
Some of the earliest chests of drawers, from around the 1600s, were made from thick, heavy hardwood boards, initially these were just butt jointed at the edges, that is not say a square cut and nailed or peggged from the side. The introduction of a groove at the edge or rabbet helped to strengthen these initially crude joints, creating a better connection and alignment, especially important for the drawers. Rabbits can be cut either with the wood grain or perpendicular to it but they are always at the very edge.
The dado notch on the other hand is always stepped in from the edge of the board, and cut at right angles to the grain of the wood, housing the end of another piece, that is either square cut or with a rabbit cut, for example to create a shelving system. In the case of the use ofg a rabbit cut on the second piece the shoulder of the rabbit gives greater rigidity to the joint. Although the term groove is used quite generically today, a groove describes a cut anywhere in the centre of the wood in the same direction as the wood grain.
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