Comments on: Hand-cut Dovetails 2.0 with Rob Cosman

By: Rik

Rik — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:44:39 +0000

“After each stroke he tosses a shaving into the air for the “wow” factor.”
According to other video’s, he does this out of habit to keep the shaving from being pulled under the plane since he chooses to not lift the plane up when pulling it back for another pass.

By: lindhrr

lindhrr — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:38:37 +0000

My April 2 comment. Enough said!!!!!

By: lindhrr

lindhrr — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:36:12 +0000

Please see my April 2 comment.

By: lindhrr

lindhrr — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:25:45 +0000

You can make fun of the tape on the saw and clamp handles….BUT Cosman is correct ……..About 50 years ago,befor Cosman was ever born, this same idea was given to me by a master mechanic. a master mechanic ..he used it on the end of hammer handles..i have used it since…tape on some tool handles gives a mechanical advantage and safety factor for some operations you do not get with the smooth looky niceee handles…enough said!!!!!!!!

By: msweig

msweig — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:11:42 +0000

Thanks. That helps.

By: Glen D. Huey

Glen D. Huey — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:10:53 +0000

Mr. Cosman is the tails-first guy while Mr. Bender and I cut pins first. Cosman cuts the waste with a fret saw, but Bender chops with chisels, as do I.

While it appears that Chuck and I work the same, there is a major difference – Chuck peels the first layer of material at the scribe line creating a place for the chisel to rest, whereas I position a chisel just in front of the scribe line and as I drive the chisel, it moves back to the line.

By: msweig

msweig — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:04:50 +0000

Can you please give a little bit more details on what the differences are on the dovetailing DVDs. You mentioned it briefly above (on the pins vs. tails first), but which ones do they chop the waste out, vs. cutting it out?

By: aerobott

aerobott — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:29:49 +0000

I love the idea of using hockey taping on tool handles. Rob’s correct in not taping his blades though. Although it gives great puck control, I just don’t see needing that kind of control on my screw driver or saw blades.

Great tip Rob.

By: rwyoung

rwyoung — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:49:30 +0000

http://www.robcosman.com/tools_hockey_tape.php

By: Mitch Wilson

Mitch Wilson — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:00:27 +0000

And don’t forget his hockey stick taping of his tool handles. I wonder if the rubber knob I used on my old goalie sticks for 20 years would fit on my dozuki.