kerf

Example Sentences

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Don’t forget the all-important drip kerf under the crown overhang!

From Seattle Times

We learn the word for the space that the saw eats up in the wood — kerf — and how to operate circular saws, routers, drills and drivers.

From Washington Post

Crowns are supposed to overhang the chimney and have a drip kerf on the underside of the overhang.

From Washington Post

I see new words that sound cool like dado and kerf and tenon and mortise.

From Literature

This bending is called the set of the saw, and should be sufficient to make the kerf about two-thirds wider than the thickness of the saw blade.

From Project Gutenberg