Nine Secrets to Perfect Fitting Tenon Shoulders 

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I could not have said it better

I could not have said it better

Rob has a video where he cuts dovetails with a hacksaw and a sharpened screw driver and gets a good tight fit. More impressive than doing it quickly IMO.

Yes!! Come on Rob!! Though I'd love to see Jake try it!

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@@RobCosmanWoodworking This will be so much fun to watch, Like watching two car racers nose to nose, right down to the last second and how cool it would be to get your on saw back with a knife hahaha. on a serious note, your video on the shoulder of the tenon are very helpful :) Cheers

I knew you wanted this video , so I made it

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@@RobCosmanWoodworking I’d like to see something approaching a skills assessment or fundamentals top ten. Something like, “Once you’ve practiced and become competent with these 10 basic skills, you’re ready to tackle projects in the basic to intermediate-level difficulty.” Then have a list of core competencies which have the widest utility. Ideally it would be everything needed from stock selection to just before final surface prep - as finishing is a whole other kettle of fish, and would be a rough map to help identify deficiencies *Before* someone ignorantly takes on a Herculean project and becomes frustrated and either wastes a bunch or money or abandons the craft. Here’s an example list, although I’m sure you’d know better than I what would be better suited to the final list: 1. Safety. It’s always first. And never optional. 2. Sawing straight and true with hand-Saw 3. Striking guidelines accurately 4. Basic woodworking joints pros & cons 5. Intermediate joints pros & cons 6. Squaring/Milling lumber with hand tools 7. Squaring/milling with power tools 8. Time management and realistically estimating man-hours to complete a project 9. Perfection versus completion: how to stop getting in your own way & get a project out the door. 10. Common over-reaching mistakes made by mid-level woodworking [This could also be called “Why you might be 1 Slab of Koa away from needing a marriage counselor”] ETC. Give examples of embellishments and detail work more advanced woodworkers could add to further challenge themselves, with emphasis on modular improvements applicable to wide range of projects. iIt would be great if the gist of the class was on advancing functional techniques beyond what’s needed for simple jewelry boxes and end-grain cutting boards and towards being able to conceptualize and build to completion an original project with the tools learned in the previous steps. [Nothing against boxes & boards, but they are both over-represented on RU-vid] Please let me know if you think there’s a good or usable idea in there somewhere. Even if there’s not, I’ll keep watching what you do. Thank you for the excellent content!

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If you want precise fitting joints you must work to a knife line

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Thanks so much! And thanks for watching and commenting

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Take your time and use these techniques and you will get those perfect tenons

Got to love a tight joint

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@@RobCosmanWoodworking Would like to see how to set out splayed dovetails which sometimes appear on boxes with inclined /splayed sides. Boxes having sides with differing thicknesses adds a degree of complexity too when marking out.Love the new look workshop particularly ALL your vintage GENERAL wood machines. As you rightly say, they were built to last - sadly modern ‘equivalents’ are just not. Why can’t these old machines be replicated nowadays ?? Many thanks to the Team - compulsive viewing and we always learn so much!!!

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@@RobCosmanWoodworking personally, show us your takes and tips on some joineries other than tenon and dovetail.

We have starting doing that, just did Dados... Will do some other ones

@@RobCosmanWoodworking thank you in advance Mr Cosman.

Thanks Shaun : video shortcuts with handtools. ru-vid.comICwLtekvQwg?feature=share

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@@RobCosmanWoodworking hey Rob...how about a video about book matching grain and any pitfalls or tips, best regards , Del.

Having production problems with the Shawn Shim, looking for a new CNC shop,probably 2-3 months away. Small dovetail saw is not even off the drawing board. At least a year away.

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@@RobCosmanWoodworking Dear Rob. Yesterday I didn't have the strength to write a long comment - I'm making my workshop from scratch and I'm very tired ... I want to say that I don't miss a single of your videos and I never cease to be amazed at your phenomenal technique ... I hope one day I will reach your level of skill, anyway I am trying very hard. Take care of yourself there. And thanks for your master classes. Sincerely.

Its on the to do list

Awesome. When you are done send us a pic at robswebmater@robcosman.com and we will post it in our customer gallery

After the cuts, all the clean-up , getting junk out of the corners is the same

Yes, of course I cut them on the table saw. We will do a video on that sometime. But I always clean up the joint with hand tools

Most everything I use we make and sell on our site. How I got into this business, folks always asking for tools like mine. RobCosman.com

please send them to robswebmaster@robcosman.com

I use IBC chisels. They are the premium chisels that we sell. The WoodRiver are a good value brand. I dont particularly like the handles being made from bubinga wood but they are a value price so They have to cut corners someplace

“It’s 20 or so years old now, not much more” To quote the very same man back in 2017. I’m 60 at the end of July if you’d like to send a birthday present. 😉

@@RobCosmanWoodworking your quote is out of context and only refers to the actual name of “knifewall” he’s given the technique. This doesn’t change the fact that he’s been doing it since you were eye high to a camels knee.

@@101411726 Charles Hayward used a similar technique, and he was using it before Paul was a twinkle in his mother’s eye, shouldn’t I be giving credit to him instead?

@@RobCosmanWoodworking absolutely, but most of your viewers will likely know it as the Paul Sellers knife wall method

@@RobCosmanWoodworking Someone, somewhere, invented the mortise and tenon. I very much admire you and Paul Sellers, and Roy Underhill. None of you are exactly the same, but you all do nice work. My goal is to do nice work. I'm glad to learn from anyone with something to teach, but in the end, however nice it is or isn't, my work is my work. (I've been reading Christopher Schwartz, which has me real eager to read Charles Hayward ).

Working on a response video now

@@RobCosmanWoodworking awesome! Looking forward to it!

OK then...how about "A lot of what I know about it?"

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I watched that. Pretty dam impressive. Mine still are timed by using the day count. Lmao

Great idea....I think we will do that

@@wickedwoodgaming1486 ha yes, I time mine with a calendar! Lol

Yes the jobs not done until its clamped up properly

Working on a response video, but its not going to be just a faster dovetail...stay tuned.

You have to crank it up