How to make a Stopped Dado or Housing Joint | Cabinet Shelves

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

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[@jeffbourne6015]

Superb demonstration on producing extremely accurate stopped dados using a combination of table saw and hand tools.( see additional links too).The tips on creating a slightly smaller dado than the width of the mating piece was really helpful as was the use of the sacrificial table saw jig to produce the appropriate shoulder offset. The content in this post and it’s accompanying videos are most informative , especially the close up shots. Thanks again to TEAM Cosman for continuing to provide such helpful and enjoyable woodworking instruction!!!

[@dmooreca2]

Dude!! The flow.... it really goes with the hockey tape on all your clamps. Go Habs!!

[@lincolndickerson1293]

Sharp tools, understanding of wood, tactics, and techniques are critical. Your methods and instructions while you are working through the project are unequalled. Thanks for sharing so much so often.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

you keep watching and we will keep filming

[@chaplainand1]

Thank you. Woodworking at your level requires not only high degrees of knowledge and skill but tools equal to the task. Thank you.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for commenting

[@Hansenomics]

Always a concise style of teaching and useful info. Nice hair too.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I appreciate that!

[@tiffanymadsen5768]

Love the instructional content...who knew Kurt Russell's doppelganger was Canadian!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I was thinking mor like Fabian’ double!

[@user-wy5ik6zq4r]

Thx Rob. It’s always a pleasure to watch a real craftsman.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

you keep watching and we will keep filming

[@MrSubliminalStudios]

Rob I appreciate the video! Not enough time in the day to watch them all, but keep up the good work. You’re inspiring minds young and old alike. The lessons they learn from you will survive this world much longer than any piece of furniture. Have a good one

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Really appreciate your comment

[@RyanWattersRyanWatters]

With your new flowing locks, I feel like this is our introduction to your alter ego: “The Cos” Dovetails by day, curing cancer by mid-afternoon, and making the ladies swoon by dinner time. “Tonight we’re having chicken pot pie…with an extra side of JUSTICE!” (Also: fantastic woodworking tutorial, per usual.)

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

And leaps oer tall pieces of woodworking !!!!!!

[@jeffmyatt4203]

Great video. I was just looking for a few tips creating stopped dados, but came away with a few amazing technique and layout modifications! Thank you.

[@1deerndingo]

Thanks for an informative video. And you can't imagine how much better it makes me feel about my stumbling attempts at wood working to see you make a mistake.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Glad I could help!

[@francrew7096]

Thank you for this clearly explained lesson. Very helpful.

[@jaschatz1]

Great video as always Rob! I found that attaching a couple small pieces of wood to the top of the piece being cut with double stick tape helps in controlling the piece as you lower it into the blade.

[@2000SkyView]

planning on doing a book self this way, thanks for the detail instruction. I'm also planning on using a router over a table saw for cutting dado joint.

[@bgm1911]

great video, everything was well explained and shown.

[@andrewbrimmer1797]

Rob thanks for these videos

[@garrett2635]

What are the benefits of the table saw method vs. just doing it with the router from the start?

[@lewisway6811]

Great info in this video, thanks Rob.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

you bet

[@timothypnolan]

thank you

[@SheWhoWoodworks]

I just want to put a comment out there to anyone who doesn't have a lot of experience or quality, daily maintained tools. It can be extremely dangerous to use a miter gauge in combination with a rip fence, especially so with the extra force behind a dado blade. Please be aware of this and if you do decide to use this technique then please bear in mind you Must accurately tune your saw in every way and hold down the work piece well. Or even use a stop block on the fence and change your measurements. I don't mean at all to step on your toes Rob. Just wanted to make sure that is understood for those with less knowledge and/or experience.

[@rcoe1403]

Can't be said enough...very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

You need to be safe

[@kentboys5017]

Great video and explanation on how to cut the stop dado. Thanks for the safety tips using the dado stack! Putting a shoulder on the shelf is a great idea. It makes it similar to a tenon with a small shoulder. If your table saw is not as accurate as a sawstop what are other options to make that shoulder? Really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing! Take care.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

You can always hand saw the tenon

[@davidbewick6885]

Great video, Rob. Any tips for laying out the dados for a perfect fit with the rest of the carcass (presumably with dovetailed corners)?

[@eitantal726]

So... In essence, a Mortise. My favorite way of making mortises is with the router table: Push the piece into the router bit, then move, then lift.

[@pupasfever]

Great video,one question, could you make a stop sliding dovetail and avoid using glue due to wood movment? or you should glue it anyway? thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

When the grain is running the same direction in both pieces, glue it. Pieces move in unison.

[@davidmuresan1735]

Look at my Parallel Guided Power Saw. Can you cut for a pyramid with the table saw?

[@nmfam]

Rob Cosman can build a snowman out of rain.

[@wagsman9999]

excellent video!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Glad you liked it!

[@ScottBarrett-r6o]

Hi man what is this I'm new got my nvql1 in carpentry and joinery I go college September would love to no what this is an want to try I got some wood pics and plans I'm going tobe doing level 2 furniture making so going to be learning all kind of things n joints 😊

[@J.A.Smith2397]

J just used several of these for an over the back of washer and dryer(custom) shelf.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

cool

[@J.A.Smith2397]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking it kinda really is lol with knowledge of joinery and wood strengths and weaknesses and a bit of design a guy can accomplish just about any idea/project made with wood! Infact they did over last few hundred years, anything and EVERYTHING was made of wood!!! I love history and lost knowledge and have been focusing on learning different woods for different purposes... Like I can tell ya black locust is the strongest over a span(i.e. Bridge) and one of the elms if not all are the hardest to split, and for making a bow or anything touching it in the ground or outside is Osage orange! Which I use for any tool out anything useful really lol my favorite hand down

[@richardslater677]

All very skilful etc etc but what a lot of work. There are a million videos on here that use a router and a 5 minute jig to route out dados and stop dados to the exact width in a fraction of the time and by the way, a lot more safely than the table saw set up you are using.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Without trying to be rude, watch the others, not mine!

[@williamshaffer2562]

Professor Cos enjoy your attention to detail. When I need to do stopped dado's my preference is my router table. It seems to be easier for me. Enjoy all your videos Sir. Question for Col. Luther, what do you think of Rob's new DO?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I prefer the table saw over the Router for cutting shoulders but a router tabled would work too.

[@mattsoutherden]

Beautiful work, as always (measuring aside 😉). At what point does a stopped dado with shoulders become a mortice and tenon? 🤔

[@dondale68]

For the depth of the dado. Is it rule of thumb to be about 1/3 the thickness of the board? Or what would determine the depth? BTW..... You do make woodworking look soo simple!!

[@sethwarner2540]

my marking guage came with a ROUND-HEAD screw!

[@kennytam9514]

Hi Rob. Would you recommend a stopped dovetail instead of a stopped dado for this application? If not, what are the reasons?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

It would work, but its harder to cut and a stopped dado is more than enough strength

[@kennytam9514]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking thank you. Love your instructional videos.

[@Michael_Nendels]

Rob, because dado stacks are so dangerous, they are’nt allowed in Europe. Do you have an alternative?

[@kennytam9514]

Hi Rob. Would a stopped dovetail works just as well? If not, what are the reasons?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Yes but its harder to make

[@ourtorreslikestoreviewandp2108]

Hi Rob, that wee box is it not a through tenon on it?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

which one is the "Wee box?"

[@ourtorreslikestoreviewandp2108]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking hi Rob, the wee box was on the table/bench next to you when you were marking out for the dado lines

[@pinkiebrain7597]

The young Mel Gibson! I like it! 🤙

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Send me his pay check!!!!

[@45mattress]

How about doing it without the table saw. How do you do that?

[@gregguarino563]

I'm no expert, but I have been successful making dadoes with a router, using a shop made exact width dado jig. I made stopped dados by simply adding a stop to the jig.

[@bendozer84]

You can do it with a chisel. Quite enjoyable. Then clean up the bottom with a router plane.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Well you can always do it by hand, we shot a video on how to do that a while back. You can do it with a router and some jigs but I prefer a table saw and do not use a router to cut dados

[@45mattress]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking can you link me to the video that you did it by hand. I’m trying to do one without electricity.

[@45mattress]

@@bendozer84 is their a video showing this?

[@johnbirch6795]

Why put the shoulder on the shelf panel, can you not just make the dado the thickness of the panel itself?

[@sbeitoyasser8075]

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[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

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[@Dandelion-32]

This is where the Incra system makes things a lot easier.

[@daveduncan9005]

I was taught to not use a miter gauge with a fence in case the work piece racks and jams on the blade. Should you not use a spacer at the beginning of the cut?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

No, I have a finely tuned saw, and I’m holding the piece firmly. Also, my fence is veering away from the blade every so slightly to prevent contacting the blade on the backside.

[@daveduncan9005]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking Fair enough, and I understand what you mean. But I always think about the garage carpenter that is not as careful or aware.

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[@pekkahilden6802]

You start to look like John Fogerty. I guess your missus likes that 😀

[@tjerkheringa937]

6 and 5/16th? You Americans are crazy :)

[@bigboy9413]

Didn’t know Kurt Russell was into wood working.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

he is actaully very good at it !!!!

[@padmanabhanvpadmanabhanv6505]

Hai

[@91wheelz]

You're starting to look like Kurt Russell!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Hes my cousin !!!!!!!

[@Marrio49]

Hey Rob. Nice ideas. By the way….You need a haircut. 😁 it’s not the 60’s anymore.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I am going for the Fabian look

[@gregguarino563]

You've accidentally shown someone's name and phone number at about 4 minutes. It's readable on a piece of paper on your bench.

[@eliteknowledge7298]

Nobody thought of that.... Until now! 😅

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

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