Edwin Pawlowski wrote:


"Australopithecus scobis" wrote in message
Why plane out the
rabbet; why not cut it with a saw,

Just because you can.
Ed

using a saw doesn't give you as good or clean of a rabbit, or dado for that
matter, try using a router, with a good sharp bit it will give you a much
cleaner cut and that makes a tighter joint, the nice thing about a rabbet
plane is it lets you sneak up

Richard