Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Every cut produces a kerf and knowing how to deal with this kerf when trying to mate different pieces of material together can prevent wasted material and frustrated users.

This video skips the discussion about how to find your kerf as that's been covered many times over in other videos. This is the next step of how to apply that kerf finding and use it to your advantage.

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Editors note: at 7:38 I reference setting the kerf to 0 to return to "true to size" which is not technically accurate. I should have said to default or stock size which most saved projects would be using if you haven't introduced kerf before. So by default you're losing 1/2 your kerf on each side of your cut as the beam traces the centerline.
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