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Rob Cosman's Dovetail Saw: Regular Size

Rob Cosman Dovetail Saw
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Rob Cosman's Dovetail Saw: Regular Size

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After teaching thousands of students to cut dovetails by hand and dealing with the problems they had when using traditional dovetail saws, I decided to design and build a dovetail saw to solve these problems.

My Rob Cosman Dovetail Saw is the best saw for dovetails and is designed for rip sawing that leaves a smooth, ready-to-glue, finished surface.

I designed my dovetail saw with a .020" thin blade, 22 tpi starting teeth and 15 tpi sawing teeth, filed rip, with a minimal 2000th inch (0.002) set per side. The relaxed cutting angle of the small front teeth allows you to start the cut with ease - a major issue with other saws!  The teeth, formed with a diamond-saw, slice cleanly and precisely through wood fibers.  The minimal set creates a small kerf that guides the saw straight in the crosscut while the shallow 1-5/8 inch depth of blade (tooth-line to brass back) helps with stability while sawing to a line. The pistol grip handle conforms to your hand for a perfect, repeatable fit every time.

Product Details:

  • Size. Overall length (Toe to Handle tip): 15 - 1/8 inches.  Blade length (Toe to heal): 10 inches. Depth of plate under the back: 1 - 5/8 inches.

  • Weight: 22-24 ounces. 

  • Blade. Each of our dovetail saw blades is made from .020 Inch thick, spring steel.

  • Tooth Geometry.  Filed rip with a two-stage pitch. The first two inches of each dovetail saw is filed at 22 teeth per inch (TPI) and a 30 degree negative tooth rake, which allows you to easily start a cut. The rest of the blade is filed at 15 tpi and a 5 degree tooth rake allowing you to finish the cut with just a few strokes.

  • Set. Unlike most saw manufacturers who stamp out their saw teeth, leaving "dimples" in the blade, we individually cut out each of our saw teeth with a diamond saw.  This allows us to maintain a very slight set of only .002 inch (per side), since we don't introduce that "dimple" onto the blade.  This slight set produces a narrow .024 inch kerf that eliminates slop allowing the saw blade to accurately track in the saw kerf resulting in dead straight saw cuts with smooth ready-to-glue surfaces.

  • Brass Back: Rob Cosman dovetail saws have a 1/4″ thick x 7/8″ wide brass back secured to the blade with peened and flushed copper pins.  Not only does the brass look wonderful but it imparts extra weight to the saw, as compared to other saws, that provides you a better balanced saw, allows the saw to do the cutting work, and helps you "feel" perpendicular.

  • Handle. Our unique "pistol grip" handles have memory enhancing carved finger recesses for a perfect and comfortable fit. A pair of brass split nuts secures the handle to the blade and the brass back.  Our handles are made from Richlite an incredibly durable, sustainable, and versatile material made from High-grade FSC-certified paper infused with a thermosetting resin.  

  • Handle Size & Determining your Size: Our handles come in two sizes: Regular and Large.  Please refer to the picture above showing how to measure your hand and determine what size handle is correct for you size hand.

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Kenneth Hartman
Dovetail Saw

I've recently acquired the Dovetail saw. I'm very pleased with the look, quality of workmanship and performance of the tool. I like the way the back and handle are linked together with pins and precision fasteners. I like that the set is just enough to allow the blade to perform its' function without binding in the work. It tracks well. I like the weight as well. It works as well as it looks and as Rob explains in his videos. I'm happy. klh

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Brendan Benway
Very nice

I’ve been looking at this saw for a year now and finally decided to buy it. The quality is amazing. It has a lot of weight to it and feels very comfortable. When gripping it, your index finger naturally indexes along the handle. Very pleased with it.

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Jose Figueroa
Best dovetail saw on the market

I have saws that are more expensive and customizable than this one. The minimal set, starter teeth at the heel and the level of craftsmanship of this saw is unparalleled. Cuts like a dream out of the box. I had to fix the set in a more expensive saw. I plan to get other backsaws from Rob as I think they are the best. Having the same grip for all of them is a huge plus.

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Andrew Macreadie
Eventual success

Excited to test the saw on scraps of 'Queensland Red' (recycled timber) from a current project. Starting teeth worked as expected then extreme chatter and a poor cut, persevered for five days without success. Finally tried some other timber and achieved the expected result! The saw cuts beautifully in all other Australian hardwoods I had available. Sits comfortably in the hand and is controlled with ease. Looking forward to many successful projects to come. No serious woodworker's tools are complete without a Rob Cosman's Dovetail Saw. Highly recommended.

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Michael Boggess
The Best

Super high quality and engineered for quality results. Couldnt be more impressed! You can be assured that any tool ordered from Rob Cosman is going to be the best available!

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