Dovetails By Hand - How To Use A Shawn Shim

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Жыл бұрын

Dovetails By Hand - How To Use A Shawn Shim. In this video Rob shows you how to use a Shawn Shim.
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@artswri Жыл бұрын

It's so great to have the tools and techniques that allow a weekend warrior woodworker to create high quality dovetails. Even us older types can produce projects that are keepsake quality. Awesome!! HUGE Thanks to Rob, his long term persistence and commitment to quality (and to those who came before and alongside him)!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

So happy we can help take your hobby to the next level

@rickdafler2515 Жыл бұрын

Love the Shawn Shim. Glad to see the smaller one. First level tools do make the job easier and the results better.

@richardc6932 4 ай бұрын

Great little gadget for those that aren’t able to make a decent dovetail joint or those with very deep pockets. I can’t afford the tidy sum of roughly $80 to improve my results. Woodworking is similar to many other hobbies, equipment prices have risen beyond the pay level of many consumers who believe that they must have this in order to have great results.

@sueb4154 Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine how the old timers created dovetails without the invention of the Shawn Shim and your advanced practices. What a great piece of kit and the knowledge of how and why it works so well. Thanks Rob for continuing the search to find a better way.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Years of practice!

@2112kustoms. Жыл бұрын

Skills and talent!

@richardc6932 4 ай бұрын

“old timers” just practiced until they able to make an attractive strong joint. What I like about hand cut , is that the not so perfect dovetails and pins is the fact that they look “hand cut” and not with the use of a jig. Rob is a perfect example of what can be accomplished with practice.

@michaelpayne8102 Жыл бұрын

Need to add these to my next order. :)

@memilanuk 6 ай бұрын

Take a look at volume 3 (joinery) of "The Woodworker" from Lost Art Press: it's a re-print of articles from the British magazine by the same name, originally edited by Charles Hayward. *BOTH* methods - using the saw to mark the pins from the tails, and offsetting the tails by the width of the saw kerf, are detailed in the chapter on dovetails. Given that the magazine ran from the 1930s into the early 60s, the concept clearly predates both Cosman and the cited work by Earnest Joyce. The 'Shawn Shim', however, is a brilliant adaptation of the method and with the addition of the 3/4 shim should allow owners of other brands of saws to more easily utilize the technique (y)

@kentboys5017 Жыл бұрын

This tool is a great example of how you adapt your process and technique to help you and others produce the best results. I think it makes it so much easier to mark the pin board accurately and as result the fit of the joint is better. Great tool and innovation.! Thanks for making it and sharing it with all of us. Take care.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for trying out the shawn shim and commenting on your experience. Good luck in your woodworking

@faronpinkham1134 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob for all that you and your family do.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support

@arthurmccutchan7000 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@emersonassis7154 Жыл бұрын

I loved the idea and the brass tool showed like a jewel (and it is)...congratulations for both...Shawn for the idea and you for see the potential and put it on the market and permit us to make dovetails as we have more skills than we real have...good tools make us better woodworkers...no doubt...

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Better tools makes woodworking tons easier

@davidborger552 Жыл бұрын

Rob, thank you for all your videos and all you do for veterans. You are a natural teacher and have helped me to want to undertake more extensive hand work. I just ordered and received your dovetail saw. I am diligently practicing plumb cuts and saw control and am anxious to try my first hand cut dovetails. I was especially impressed to come home from work one day last week to find a message from you thanking me for my business. That was a class act sir and greatly appreciated. I will be definitely purchasing more and hope to one day attend one of your classes. My hat is off to you sir!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Remember open body stance and light grip. Soon you will be a pro

@jeffbourne6015 Жыл бұрын

A really clear explanation and demonstration as to how and more importantly why the Shawn Shim will assist in producing extremely accurate dovetail cuts. Your comments on how the Earnest Joyce method was appropriately modified with this simple concept was the Eureka moment for me. Such a simple idea that will help so many woodworkers to produce quality dovetail joints. Thanks for the Eureka moment!!!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

So glad you found the video helpful

@alanmckeown6462 Жыл бұрын

Extremley good demonstration on how to use the Shawn shim. Best yet.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting

@xkabedaruhe2956 Жыл бұрын

I like it that you give credit to other people for their ideas. It is a nice thing to do that a lot of people often forget...

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Its the only way to roll

@MrSharper802 Жыл бұрын

This is a great advancement in dovetail cutting. When Rob first developed the offset method, I modified a jig designed by David Barron to hold the pin and tail board in alignment and incorporated the offset. It works well but has limitations in the width of the stock you can use. The yellow tape wall and the shim is just brilliant!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

I think they are both game changers in the world of dovetails

@tonydpayne 4 ай бұрын

Just a thought. Would be worth putting a small punch mark or similar next to the correct size for you saw curfs. Next to the 24 and 19.

@rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

Good idea, Matt.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Who is Matt?

@goranhikl1180 Ай бұрын

I wish I don’t need this but I do and it works

@bret_Lambky 4 ай бұрын

When you are talking .003 or less of an inch that might be a little too critical. I feel pretty good when my dovetails match up and are tight within 1/32” varnish or poly will hide a lot of mistakes.. having a gauge is always a good place to start!

@J.A.Smith2397 Жыл бұрын

Just this for making these a things, I had such a rough time doing your offset method right! And giving Shaun his due n cut says a lot about ya, nothing that ain't been said already with PHP, as a vet tks again!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment

@jimfromri Жыл бұрын

Great explanation. My Shawn Shim arrived the other day and I’m looking forward to trying it out . I think my next order will be your small dovetail saw. (I already have, and really like, your regular dovetail saw. )

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

The small dovetail saw is great for smaller dovetail

@Grovesrussell Жыл бұрын

Time to update the subscribe and ring the bell intro. Need the new longer hair in it lol

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

I am working on it!

@Ammed_KN6STX Жыл бұрын

I have both of the Shawn Shims, but I’m still using my marking gauge to do the job. I have to give the Shims a try!!! Great Video Rob!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Try it you will love it, but the marking gauge works too

@brianhill1294 4 ай бұрын

Silly question I know but what’s the best and accurate way of measuring the saw kerf thickness.

@MrAtfenn Жыл бұрын

love this toool. saving up for on right now. i actually mad my own several years ag0 but it will be nice to have one that is prfect

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Its worth the wait

@tyronephipps7759 Жыл бұрын

Dude you look like you feel out of the 80’s lol I was blasted back in time to my school days sporting that hair

@christusartworks Жыл бұрын

I use a japanese dovetail saw which is 13 thou tick, using the kerf moving method with a marking gauge has been a bit of a challenge, switched it for a filler gauge, nevertheless, the shawn shim method is an amazing one. Thanks for sharing :D

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting

@n8sot Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob. That answered all my questions about the Shawn shim!!!!! What took you sooo long??? I know its not because you were waiting for a haircut!!!!! LOL!!!! JK.....I love your hair!!! oh crap..... that didnt come out (ooot) right!!!! LOL!!! great vid Rob!!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

I had to wait for my hair to grow out

@pctatc66 Жыл бұрын

Rob has that Michael Landen look going these days

@Drokkstar_ 3 ай бұрын

He could build that stairway.

@steve6139 Жыл бұрын

I saw Rob use an earlier version of the Shawn Shim made out of aluminum instead of brass. Any reason why the aluminum version is no longer available?

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

That was in the prototype phase, the aluminum was just too light.

@user-dy4xh8rf6w Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@J.A.Smith2397 Жыл бұрын

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😁

@kennethfisher7013 Жыл бұрын

You could have called this vid the "Shawn Shim Redemption".

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Good one!

@pinkerbot Жыл бұрын

Why do you have the danish flag on the wall? 😁

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Casper, wounded Vet from Denmark, attended our last PHP class. Excellent craftsman!

@michaelhall1928 Жыл бұрын

My Shawn Shim just arrived. Can't wait to try it out! Also the marking knife. I have been using my (Veritas) saw for this up to now, which is OK but the teeth don't go right to the end of the blade so my marks don't go right across. So there is a little bit of doubt each time I cut 😧. So with both these new tools I expect to get even better results. Thanks Rob for all your great tools and videos

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

May I be so bold as to suggest you need one of my saws.

@michaelhall1928 Жыл бұрын

@@RobCosmanWoodworking I probably will Rob, just waiting for the exchange rate to get a bit better. The Aussie is at 69 US cents at the moment, which makes North American goods pretty expensive down under. In the meantime, I cut the rest of the pins for my latest drawer today using the Shawn Shim and your marking knife (saw blade). It made it very fast and I am hoping even more accurate. By the way, I used your instructions for the bottom groove for the last drawer and it worked treat using a mini router. Previously I had an unsightly gap showing and now I don't! So, thanks very much for that as well.