Rob Cosman 3/4 Joinery Crosscut Saw

Product Description

What Rob says

'Cutting crosscuts in very small stock, can be challenging with our regular-sized Joinery Crosscut saw.  It can be done, but I wanted a better saw for this application.  That is why I designed my 3/4 Joinery Crosscut saw.   As compared to my regular-sized Joinery Crosscut, the 3/4 Joinery Crosscut Saw has a thinner saw plate, smaller teeth, shallower depth of cut, and shorter overall length, which makes delicate crosscuts a breeze.

My 3/4 Joinery Crosscut Saw is perfect for cutting tiny mitres, very small tenon shoulders, the shoulders of tiny tail boards, or anytime you are crosscutting 3/8'' (9.5mm) thick or less stock.  Like our regular-sized Joinery Crosscut Saw, the 3/4 Joinery Crosscut saw leaves a smooth, ready-to-glue, finished surface.

I designed my 3/4 Joinery Crosscut saw with a thin .015'' blade; 22 teeth per inch (TPI), filed crosscut along the entire tooth line; and a minimal .002'' (0.05mm) set per side.  The teeth, cut with a diamond-saw, slice cleanly and precisely through wood fibres.  The minimal set creates a small .019'' sized kerf that guides the saw straight in the cut while the shallow 1-3/16'' (30mm) 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.'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.'

Product Details:

• Size. Overall length (Toe to Handle tip): 13-1/2'' (343mm).  Blade length (Toe to heal): 8'' (203mm). Depth of plate under the back: 1-3/16'' (30mm).
• Weight: 12.50 ounces / 355g (+/- 0.5 ounces / 15g). 
• Blade. Made from .015'' (0.38mm) thick, spring steel.
• Tooth Geometry.  Filed crosscut with 22 TPI with a 0 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'' (0.05mm) per side, since we don't introduce that "dimple" onto the blade.  This slight set produces a narrow .019'' (0.48mm) 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’s 3/4 Joinery Crosscut saws have a 1/4'' (6.35mm) inch thick x 3/4'' (19mm) 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 providing you a better balanced saw, allows the saw and gravity to do the cutting work, and helps you "feel" perpendicular.
• Handle. Our unique "pistol grip" handle has 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 3/4 Joinery Crosscut Saw handles are available in Swanstone, a resin-composite material reinforced with fiberglass for durability.  
• 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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