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Rabbet corner

joints.rabbet_corner

A carcase corner: the end of the top in a rabbet at the top end of the side.

The top's length is between the sides, the side's height is overall.

Rabbet corner, assembled

Rabbet corner, exploded

Parameters

Parameter Default
side_height 400
top_length 500
depth 200
stock 20 mm board, oak

Change them in a design file (see Change an example):

from woodwright.examples import joints

design = joints.rabbet_corner(side_height=500)

Drawings

The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.

Assembly

assembly

Parts

parts

Side

side

Top

top

Cut list

side  400 x 200 x 20 mm  oak
      - end rabbet 20 mm, 10 deep, in bottom_face at right_end
top   490 x 200 x 20 mm  oak

Code

From woodwright/examples/joints.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):

def rabbet_corner(
    side_height: float = 400, top_length: float = 500, depth: float = 200, stock: Stock = OAK
) -> Assembly:
    """A carcase corner: the end of the top in a rabbet at the top end of the side.

    The top's length is between the sides, the side's height is overall.
    """
    asm = Assembly("rabbet_corner", root_location=CASE_SIDE)
    side = asm.add(Board("side", stock, length=side_height, width=depth))
    top = asm.add(Board("top", stock, length=top_length - stock.thickness, width=depth))
    asm.join(RabbetJoint(rabbet=side.bottom_face, end=top.left_end, at=side.right_end))
    return asm

Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.