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Dado joint Workbench

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Dado joint marked out — the state the viewer opens from: layout lines scribed, no waste removed yet.
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Geometry
18 mm11/16 in
33% of the panel's thickness
18 mm11/16 in
18 mm11/16 in
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Glue area
2689 mm²4.17 in²
Parts
2
Cuts
1
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Cut list, finished sizes at the current settings
PartWidthThicknessCutsDeepest cut
Panel90 mm3 9/16 in18 mm11/16 in15.94 mm1/4 in
Shelf30 mm1 3/16 in18 mm11/16 in0—

Board length along the grain is a display convention in the model and is not listed.

About this joint

A dado joint (a housing, in British usage) houses the end of one board in a flat-bottomed trench cut across the grain of another. The shelf is held on three sides and needs no cutting of its own, which makes the fit a matter of trench width against board thickness.

Read the Dado joint guide