Woodstock Shop Fox W1679 Instruction Manual - Rabbet Cutting

OPERATIONS

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Rabbet Cutting

Rabbet cutting recesses a section of a workpiece

edge to create a strong but simple joint. Figure

41 illustrates a basic rabbet cut and two com-

mon joints.

Figure 42 shows an operator performing a rab-

bet cut. Notice that the fence is positioned close

to the edge of the table. The operator’s body is

not directly in line with the stock and he main-

tains a stable hand position while keeping the

board firmly on the table and against the fence.

To perform a rabbet cutting operation:

1.

Follow Section 1: Safety and the “Operation

Musts” in this section.

2.

Determine the width of your desired rabbet

and set the fence that distance away from

the edge of the knives. 

3.

Place the workpiece down on the infeed

table and press it firmly against the fence.

4.

Start the jointer.

5.

Keep the workpiece firmly against the table

and fence, and feed the workpiece into the

cutterhead.

6.

As your leading hand gets within 4" of the

cutterhead, lift it up and over the cutter-

head and place it on the workpiece as it

passes over the outfeed table. Do the same

thing when your trailing hand nears the cut-

terhead. Never let your hands get closer

than 4" away from the cutterhead!

7.

Repeat  steps 4-5 until you have achieved

your desired rabbeting depth. The maxi-

mum rabbet depth for the Model W1679 is

1

⁄

2

".

Figure 41.

Figure 42. This is an example of a rabbet 

cutting operation.

Rabbet Joints

Rabbet Cut

Always wear safety

glasses to prevent seri-

ous personal injury!