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I finally measured my blade's kerf and it explained so much
I was cutting some dados last week for a bookshelf I'm building in my garage (a small one, nothing fancy). Kept wondering why my joinery was a hair off even though I measured everything twice. Then I dug out my calipers and measured the actual kerf on my combo blade - it was 0.125" instead of the 0.098" I assumed it was. That little difference added up across multiple cuts and threw off my spacing by almost a quarter inch. Has anyone else had a project go sideways because they never checked their blade's real kerf?
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jamesroberts20d ago
Quarter inch over multiple cuts is annoying but honestly man that's still within the range where you can fudge it with some sanding or a shim. Ive never even measured my kerf and my shelves hold up fine, theyre not museum pieces. Seems like a lot of fuss over something you can fix with a quick pass of the block plane.
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kim_johnson5120d ago
Check your blade's specs online" - did your actual measurement match what they claimed it would be?
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