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Stew Denton
05-12-2019, 10:53 PM
Hi All,
I occasionally see side rabbet planes on that auction site. I have wondered how useful they are.
Do any of you use a side rabbet plane, and which one? Are they an important plane in your arsenal? Finally, how important is the depth stop?
Thanks and regards,
Stew
Andrew Seemann
05-13-2019, 12:11 AM
I have a #79 side rabbet plane. I'm not sure where I bought it originally. I use it occasionally. It is handy when you need it. For me the depth stop helps, but it probably isn't critical.
I find though that I tend to mess up the depth of dados and rabbets much more often than the width, so I end up using my #71 more frequently.
Jim Koepke
05-13-2019, 1:42 AM
For me the #98 & 99 side rabbet planes are very handy. They help to clean up rough sides on grooves and dados.
In my opinion having the depth stop is important. The blade can extend a bit below the skate. Without a depth stop, it could tear up the bottom of the work.
The early side rabbets didn't have depth stops. Someone must have felt they were needed.
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Frederick Skelly
05-13-2019, 6:25 AM
I have a side rabbet I bought online from Woodcraft. I very seldom use it. But I when I need it, I'm glad to have it.
Nicholas Lawrence
05-13-2019, 6:25 AM
I have a 79. It does not get used a lot, but when you need it you need it.
Derek Cohen
05-13-2019, 8:27 AM
I find them very useful for fitting dados. The side rebate plane is more precise than a chisels when tuning (widening) a dado to fit a panel ...
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ApothecaryChestWeekendThree_html_mcaaaa14.jpg
This was the fit ...
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ApothecaryChestWeekendThree_html_ma5177c5.jpg
The Veritas, above, is excellent. Here is is being used for a stopped dado. I use it interchangeably with the LN #98/99 pair.
I also have a Stanley #79. This has been modified to plane sliding dovetails ...
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/SlidingDovetails-LC_html_680e7f25.jpg
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/SlidingDovetails-LC_html_m6e04e7ad.jpg
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/SlidingDovetails-LC_html_bcb2049.jpg
Regards from Perth
Derek
Phil Gaudio
05-13-2019, 9:00 AM
Adding a wedge to the depth stop turns your ordinary SRP into a sliding dovetail plane: I added a wedge made of Corian to the depth stops of my LN SRPs and I wouldn't be without them for sliding dovetails.
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Robert Engel
05-13-2019, 9:19 AM
For me its one of those dedicated use tools we all have and probably rarely use it.
In those cases where the dado needs some tuning, I find it much easier, to lightly plane a board edge to fit the dado.
Stephen Rosenthal
05-13-2019, 1:34 PM
Got a minty used LN 98/99 in a package deal with a few other LN/Veritas planes and have used them occasionally. Recently I scored an unused, in original box Stanley #79 at an estate sale for $10. Didn't need it but for that price I couldn't leave without it. I've used it and like it. Different feel than the 98/99 and, as Derek noted, great when modified for sliding dovetails. IMO, the depth stop is essential to these planes.
Tom M King
05-13-2019, 3:27 PM
I use a 79 that I bought new. That was probably in the mid '70's, and it's a great thing to have when it's needed. I have never used it enough to wear out the irons though. It's still all original. I wouldn't want to be without one, or a matched pair of some fancier type. I've used it for anything from old sash window parting stops, to rabbeted cabinet door edges to get a little more clearance.
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