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Back in the summer of 1987 master craftsman Tage Frid showed me his ingenious method of finishing the saw cuts on the pinboard of a half-blind dovetail joint. I couldn't believe how well and fast his method worked - it was like magic! Neil, a student from South Africa, suggested I make Tage's idea into a tool. That inspired my Kerf X-10 (extend the saw cut - get it?). If you cut half-blind dovetails you will love this tool!
Kerf X-10: Regular size completes the saw cut in half-blind dovetails.
Waste removal is faster than paring and more accurate.
Works in soft and hardwoods.
The Kerf X-10: Regular size works in saws kerfs in the .024 inch to .026 inch width range, such as our regular dovetail saw.
Handle is made of Cherry.
Blade is affixed to the ¼ inch x ¾ inch brass back with peened copper pins.
Brass back has a 1-1/2 inch x ¼ inch x ¼ inch tenon epoxied into the handle.
Working edge of the blade is squared to the sides and ready for use.
Overall length is 7 inch, blade length 2 ¾ inch, depth ¾ inch.
I got this to make half blind dovetails as Rob shows in his online “easy” half blind tutorial. It works well, I use it every time, I still have trouble visualizing what it is doing down out of sight but it makes good dovetails. It is hard to know how many stars to give it when you can’t see what it does. As an aside, so far I have had zero luck with the Cosman toothed marking knife and Shawn shim ( difficult to impossible to saw the starting kerfs without dislodging the tailboard you are trying to use as a template) but I use this X10 every time and it seems to work every time. I say “seems to” because you can see exactly nothing of what it does, but the waste comes out cleanly so it must be doing its job.
The X-10 makes blind dovetails easier...not easy!
Amazing how many tools it takes to make a dovetail!
works as expected
Quality tool as usual from Rob!!! I am so looking forward to using this tool but I know it will work beautifully and I trust his craftsmanship!!!!! Great job as usual boys!!!!👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟😎😎
outstanding quality products and great innovation
