Hey Ed!  

    I think that's Tage Frid's trick from his "On Joinery"--- years ago, cutting
1/2 blind DTs for a little box, I read the tip, but my scraper was pretty thick
and I didn't want to hammer on them...I ended up using a Red Devil putty knife,
a real *flexible* putty knife with a thin blade that runs through a metal handle
so you can tap on the other end. It worked so well I put in Stanley W. May's
toolchest for next time. That day will come.

                                best regards---gam in OlyWA/USA------------
where pot stores are 'essential services'------------


How horrible it is to have so many people killed!---And what a blessing one
cares for none of them!
Jane Austen 

    On Monday, June 1, 2020, 05:41:07 AM PDT, Ed Minch  wrote:  
 
 Whoops - forgot to include the second thing



When you cut the tails of a blind dovetail joint, your saw is at an angle and
there is extra chiseling to do to get into the lower corners.  You can use a
scarper blade in the saw kerf as a very narrow chisel by tapping it down and
completing the cut.  I’ll have to give it a try.  Just thinking - a piece of old
saw blade would work too - just polish the arrises (arrisi?).  You could even
put a hardwood striking pad on it.

Ed Minch
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