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A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.
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A cut made into, but not through a piece of wood or other material.
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In slot cutters, the width of the cutting edge.
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The slit in a log or tree caused by the saw.
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The space left by a saw blade as it cuts through a stone. A kerf can also be cut into the bed of a stone to accept an anchor to hold it to the structure.
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This is the width of the slot created by the cutting process.
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The slot in the wood made by the action of the saw chain cutters.
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The space, opening, or narrow slit made in sawing.
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A groove cut to accommodate the barbed-pile weather-stripping. 1/8” wide by 3/8” in depth.
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(1) A notch or slit made by a saw. (2) The width of the cut of a saw blade.
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The void created by the blade of a saw as it cuts through a piece of material. Home Improvement Encyclopedia
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The slot made by a cutting tool in parting material.
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The notch or slit made by a saw or torch when cutting.
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a shallow saw cut, usually less than an inch deep
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A groove in jamb and head sections to receive weatherstripping or other seal.
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The width of the saw blade that cuts lumber from logs.
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A shallow slot cut into a piece of lumber usually measured by the width of the saw blade.
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The width of the cutting beam. Typically the kerf width for an abrasive jet ranges from 0.020" to 0.060", depending on the nozzle. A water jet has a narrower kerf, with 0.005" to 0.014" being typical. See also tool offset.
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A cut made in a board that is equivalent to the saw blade's width.
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The slit or slot made in a work piece by a cutting tool as it removes a portion of the material to part it; knife-edge bands part a material, but take little or no kerf. Set, not gage, determines width of kerf.
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(K) The width of cut the blade makes under ideal conditions and does not account for equipment arbor run out.
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A slice cut into the edge of an acoustical panel cut into the panel so that it can accept spline mounting
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A saw cut that is made on the surface to relieve stress. It is used to create a curve, such as with a toe kick around a curved base cabinet.
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The path that any saw makes in the process of cutting. Sawdust removed in the sawing process.
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A sawcut which does not cut the whole way through a piece. The backside of a starting step riser is often kerfed in order to bend it in the shape of the bullnose tread. up
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A saw cut on the surface of a board to relieve stress. Used to create a curve in wood, as with toe kick cover around a base cabinet.
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The slot formed by a saw.
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The void left after metal has been removed by thermal cutting.
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The waste produced when a saw blade cuts through a pad of veneer.
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The correct name for the cut made by any saw.
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The gap between the ends of a ring after it has been cut.
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The width of the sawblade (circular or band) and the source of sawdust. The more traditional circular sawblades are wider (1/4" to 3/8") than the newer band saw blades (1/8" to 3/16") and produce more sawdust, a waste byproduct of sawmills.
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The width of cut made during the process of separating a wafer into individual integrated circuits.
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A cut made by a saw, sometimes used as a form of decoration. Similar to some form of inlay work but without the inlay.
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The groove or notch made as a saw passes through wood. Also the wood removed by the saw in parting the material.
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The width of the sawblade tips (circular or band) and the source of sawdust. The more traditional circular sawblades have tips with a wider kerf (1/4” to 3/8”) than the tips on new bandsaw blades (1/8” to 3/16”).
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A cut in a concrete surface made by a saw or router. (Also see sawcutting.
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The groove left in a piece of wood by a saw cut.
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The cut made by a saw blade (the material actually removed by the blade). Saw blades of different thicknesses will leave a different kerf. When changing saw blades, if a blade with a different kerf is installed, caution must be exercised because a different kerf will affect the accuracy of the linear measuring system on that machine.
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The width of cut made by a saw blade.
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The space left between two pieces of wood when one piece of wood is sawn in half. The wood that becomes sawdust.
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The groove left in a board when cut by a saw blade.
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A thin slot cut into a part with a molder or saw blade. Weatherstrip is inserted into kerfs cut into door jambs.
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A groove that often holds weatherstrip.
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A saw cut. When applied to curved work, means a series of saw cuts against the grain, not quite all the way through, which permits the wood to be bent into curved shapes.
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1. A cut made with a saw, or with a cutter, part way through a material, generally to facilitate breaking to a desired shape. 2. The space from which metal has been removed by a cutting process.
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The width of a cut.
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