On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:32:40 -0500, Conan the Librarian wrote:

Anthony VanCampen wrote:

Key word in the paragraph is "rabbet plane." A rabbet plane has two extra
blades one on each side called nickers that take a veritical slice through
the wood, this prety much prevents any tear out along the edges of the
rabbet.

Are you sure you're not thinking about a dado plane? Or are you
referring to the retractable nickers like on the #78?


Yeah, a real DOH! Moment, thanks for the reminder about the #78, I don't
feel so dumb know.

Tigger