Stopped Dados with Woodworking RB
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I was testing the dado feature of the woodworking rb and found that if you draw 1 or 2 lines on the dado surface perpendicular to the dado direction selecting the from and to edge between these lines results in a stopped dado.
A neat use of this feature is to draw 2 lines on the end of a board and a dado in between results in a mortise very quickly. And as the data entered in the form sticks it is easy to repeat the same mortise on other ends.
I have some questions for the author of this very useful rb? Describe the "to edge" choices of the form. It may also be helpful to new users to define the terms "to" edge and "from" edge.
Thanks for sharing your woodworking tool.
Keith -
I think I will write a mortise/tenon ruby along side the dado. The "From" edge is the first edge on the component where the dimensions are from. The "To" edge is the otherside or the direction that things are heading towards. This is a old carpentering terminology when laying out things.
I don't know if you down loaded the version that I posted last (dated) early November. It included the word documentation.
Thanks for the feed back.
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Ooops! I think I misunderstood your question. On the form the To distance is the distance from the first edge selected "to" the dado. The To Edge is either To, Center, or Over. To is the first or leading or nearest edge, Center means the dimension is to the center, and Over mean the farthest edge. Almost always, one would use the To edge. Selecting the To edge and a To Distance of 0 creates a rabbit. Sorry if this is confusing. It all makes sense to me, but probably nobody else.
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