How do I make this joint?!

[Chris152]

Can you advise me how to make the cut in this drawing? I want to insert the piece of wood to the left, if the drawing makes enough sense to allow you to comment!

Thanks.

 

[adidat]

hand tools - saw down the lines and clean out with a chisel.

power tools- router (router table even better) rout a rebate and and square the end with a chisel.

if that is a finished joint it will have no strength to it and fail easily unless there is an added fixing.

adidat

 

[Chris152]

Thanks! It doesn't need strength apart from to hold itself so that's not an issue. I don't have a router, but maybe I could use a drill bit and finish with a chisel?

EDIT (having re-read your suggestion) - you offered an either/ or reply, right? So your first answer is the one I need to work with.

 

[adidat]

Yes that's correct, use a marking gauge to strike a nice deep line to work to, then use a fine saw and slowly saw down the line, the more care you take sawing the less work with a chisel.

Adidat

 

[thetyreman]

I'd make a knifewall and treat it like a mortice hole with a chisel, remove a bit at a time, go deeper and deeper until you are at depth, then pare down to your lines being careful not to split the wood if it's end grain.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

Here's an idea which may be useful - helps with getting your rebate to a consistent depth - Paul Sellers' 'poor man's router':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2a_FwjAgk