Stopped-rabbet with handtools... how?

Stopped-rabbet with handtools... how?

Conger - the Irish diaspora in Munich

>I need to install a 'back' in a recess at the back of a carcass put together using sliding dovetails. The back will simply 'drop' into the carcass from the rear, and will be fixed with wooden nails (yes, I have accounted for wood movement).

This calls for 2 stopped rabbets... i.e. ones that run from approx 2" from one end of the board to within approx 2" of the other end (top and bottom of carcass). Each rabbet is approx 0.5" by 0.5", and runs on the edge of two of the carcass boards over a length of approx. 24".

Now, I appreciate this can be done (after a fashion... leaving rounded corners that have to be hogged out with a chisel) with a router, but how can it be done using hand tools?

Oh... did I say... the wood is flamed maple.

Thanks in advance.... -gerard-

PS... I do hope I got the terminology right... or is it a dadoe I am looking for?

PPS... Only two stopped rabbets are required... the rabbets on the sides of the carcass are 'through'.