Kwick Kwiz: What's a Kerf?

I am 60 years old and it took me 60 years to find out that cutting wood parallel to the grain is called ripping and uses an entirely different saw than cutting across the grain. That and when one cuts wood, the gap created, appearing as saw dust on the floor from the chisel action of the teeth of the saw is called a KERF, the exact width of the saw, of course.

Master furniture maker Tim Bulkley volunteered Wednesday morning to lead a basic woodworking workshop for the Craftclub. Starting with the most basic information, embellishing steadily with concrete examples, and time for us to give every tool a try, we triumphed in creating a mortise and tenon joint.  Not just any mortise and tenon joint, but strong enough, even without any glue used, to stand on. We moved on to using a brace and bit and auger bit to create smooth sided holes for doweling. Some much to learn, so few CraftClub dates!

Tim between 2 Joan's showing extreme patience with our skill level.