Rob Cosman

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Rob Cosman has been woodworking for most of his life. While earning a B.Sc. in Industrial Technology/Furniture Design at Brigham Young University, he was Dr. Dale L. Nish's teaching assistant. Rob has also worked with many of the world's best craftsmen – including Alan Peters, Sam Maloof, Tage Frid, Monroe Robinson and Peter Korn. When it comes time to cut your own dovetails, this 84 pg. wire-bound shop copy is the perfect companion reference to help you remember the techniques and procedures from Rob Cosman's popular DVD on cutting through dovetails.

Learn how to cut your own dovetails
From the "Hand Tool Coach" Rob Cosman
Perfect companion reference to Cosman's popular instructional DVD "Hand-Cut Dovetails"
84 pages, wire-bound

Articles & Blogs

Daytona Dovetailing!

The art of hand-cut dovetails has become a race against time as Frank Klausz and Mike Siemsen went saw to saw at Woodworking in America. We won’t bore you with the verbal details as the entertainment comes from the boys and their woodworking toys with some added music provided by Mike Siemsen in the first video. Frank wins the competition in what appears to be approximately 2 minutes and 35 seconds.

Joinery: Handmade vs. Machine-Made

Woodworking comes in all shapes, sizes and varieties. But no matter what your woodworking passion might be, eventually you’re going to need to join together two pieces of wood. And that opens up a world of joinery options.

Whatever method you choose, the question is—do you make your joinery by hand or by machine? Here’s what our experts had to say…