For years I have used my left over lengths of 1/4 inch plywood to make light weight shelves and table tops by rabbiting a perimeter frame to receive the plywood panel. The fly in the ointment has always been the corners. I was until now left with three choices, none of which I cared for. Rabbit the side rails first, rabbit the side rails after assembling then and either round the corners of the panel, or clean out the radius remaining in the corner with a chisel. But now I have the vipra saw, or sonic crafter and the job is a snap. Using a straight edge and knife after rabbiting the assembled frame, I mark out each corner and then using my narrowest blade carefully cut along my mark with the saw, Now it is a simple matter of using a sharp chisel to pop out the waste and I have a perfectly mitered inset rabbit. The control I have with the sonic crafter is as good as I would have had with a sharp pointed pencil or chisel.
Dale in the Flatlands.
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