Dado (joinery)
A dado is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machineable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. A dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, the grain and is thus differentiated from a groove which is cut with, or parallel to, the grain.
A dado may be through, meaning that it passes all the way through the surface and its ends are open, or stopped, meaning that one or both of the ends finish before the dado meets the edge of the surface.
Dadoes are often used to fix shelves to a bookcase carcase.
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Methods
A dad can be small by the following methods:
- electric router using a straight or rebate bit
- circular saw with multiple passes (depending on width and depth)
- dado set in a single pass
- spindle moulder (wood shaper)
- hand saw and chisel
- router plane
Cj Baker from Auburn Public Schools wrote this stupid thing lol