How to use Bridge City Tool Works KerfMaker
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2020
- Bridge City Toolworks makes 3 similar tools: 2 models of KerfMaker and the TenonMaker. This video shows how to calibrate all of them for your blade and how to cut lap joints with KerfMaker on a table saw. The same principle is used to cut tenons and other joints on a router or even with a miter saw.
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Hello,
Thank you for posting this informative video. I didn't know such tool exists till today while shopping for tenoning tools but I still didn't know how to use it properly till I watched your video
AJ
It's a pretty neat tool. Glad I was able to help with my video. Thank you for your comment
Thank you for making this video. It's much better than the manufacturer's!
Thank you very much. I am a certified teacher after all! :D
Great review and explanation of this Radek!
Thanks Sloane, appreciate your comment
I originally found you on IG and love you work. Glad I’ve found you here on YT.
Thank you very much. I'm not that active on UA-cam, most production is for Instagram 😎
Best explanation I’ve seen. And the beard does make you look like a pro. Thanks Radek.
Thank you very much Greg, it's really nice to hear my efforts weren't for nothing. The beard has been trimmed. Please follow me on Instagram for updates on the beard.
Thanks for posting this, Radek. I had seen several explanations covering the calibration process but no one else explained why the two board process was important, just that it was.
I now see this process could be used to measure the arbor runout/blade deflection of a saw making a cut by comparing the actual width of a blade tooth to the kerf width.
Yes, exactly. Thank you for your comment. I'm glad my video seems helpful.
awesome. Great explanation Radek!!! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching :-)
Thanks Radek, it was crystal clear!!!
Thank you so much, my goal was to make it as simple as possible.
Very helpful. Thank you!
I'm glad you liked it, thanks for watching
¡Gracias Radek, un vídeo sustancioso!.
¡Internet es una hermosa herramienta!.
🙂 muchas gracias
Fantastic explanation thanks
Thank you for watching
Nice work Radek. I think ill get one of those Kerfmaker
I think you'll be pleased, it's a beauty too
THANKS SAVED AND WILL WATCH AGAIN Slooow learner
Thank you for watching
Fajnie, że jesteś Polakiem 🙂
Też się cieszę, mogłoby być dużo gorzej
Great video. Excellent comment about inaccuracies due to a spinning blade....or in my case a less expensive contractor saw. DD
Thank you very much. Yes, mobile saws are obviously less precise, but I was using one for years for joinery
That's awesome. I could definitely use this in the shop
video très bien expliqué même pour un francophone.
Well explained buddy. Subbed
Thank you! Highly appreciated
Its funny I was going to mention the length of your beard! Great job explaining the tool!
Thanks man 😉
Thank you for explaining how to use it, I'm attempting my first castle joint for a entry table. Do you think I can do a half lap with 2×4 with the KM-2?
Yes, I am pretty sure it would do a great job
Bridge City has the specs for the KM-2 on their website. They don’t for the KM-1 but will provide it over the phone. I measured my KM-1. It can be set to blade widths up to 17/32” (13.46mm) and cut kerfs to accommodate boards up to 2 1/16” (52mm) wide. By using the KM-1 just to account for the kerf and using a stop block, wider boards can be accommodated.
Excellent demonstration. Congratulations. I was impressed with your Cross Cut Sled, you have some video of its manufacture, it looks very well done and it seems that it only moves the right base and is ready for dados, is that correct? Or you can give me a tip on where to find information to do it. Greetings from Mexico.
Muchas Gracias. Yes you are right, the gap for the blade can be adjusted for any kerf, including dados. I haven't posted it on UA-cam, but there is a video on my Instagram. Please check Radeksworkshop there. It is older post though so you might have to dig deeper in.
Just added one to my new BCTW collection! Thanks Radek! Question about the jointmaker. Is it worth the price tag?
Oh boy, I can't answer that. Really depends on so many factors like your needs, skills to do joinery without it, your woodworking budget, do you make money on it etc.
Actually learned something.
I'm glad you did
Great video! Should you even get the km-1 since the km-2 has more range? What’s the reason for having the km-1?
Thank you for watching and your interest. KM-2 can do everything that KM-1 can plus more. KM-1 is for people who only work with a small stock.
Great video Radek! I might want to use these to make mortise and tenon joints for a fence, only I don't know if I can. I want to join 60x85mm wood (tenon) to 100x100mm (mortise).
Sure, it would work!
If you haven’t acquired yet, the KM-2 would work. Also, Bridge City also has a similar tool called the tenon maker.
Can the tenon maker do all that the kerf maker can do? I’m thinking about getting tm-1 and the km-1… but if the tm-1 can also do the half laps I might just go with only the tm-1
The difference between them is in size, they all do the same job really
Just saw your video. My question is about making the half lap in a specific place on the board. Trying to get that initial cut in the right place seems to be eluding me other than to draw a line and hopefully it is in the right spot. If I just wanted to cut the dado anywhere on the board, it doesn't matter but in my case I want it to be pretty much dead center. Any hints?
Hi Bill. I would mark the position of the dado precisely where it should be and then make a first cut. You would have to eye-ball it. Then I'd use a kerf maker to make a second cut. Then I'd remove the rest of material in between the cuts of course. Kerf maker is a jig that allows to get a dado of exact right width. Position of a dado is up to you, kerf maker can't help you. Does that make sense? Does it answer your question?
@@RadeksWorkshop That was pretty much the conclusion I had come to . I marked where the left edge of the dado would go then cut it and used the kerf maker to do the second cut and cleaned up the middle. No question it works to make a nice crisp dado of the exact size. Thanks for the reply, Bill
@@billinfarmington5189 Glad it worked out well. Good luck with your project.
want it!
Very useful!
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how do you set blade to exactly 1/2 of the thickness of the joint?
Microjig makes a very nice jig for that. But back then, I was just measuring things and making test cuts on offcuts.
@@RadeksWorkshop thanks !
cool друг
Thank you 😊
A tool like this is never needed.
You just use a cutting from the timber you are setting into the groove as a spacer to cut a kerf SPACER block.
This cutting then makes the kerf maker. Which is just a scrap piece of wood.
As it is now exactly the width of the timber you are setting into the groove MINUS the exact width of the blade kerf.
That is true. However the actual kerf us always a bit wider than thickness of blade's teeth. So in theory you are right but in practice Kerfmakers do help.
Bonjour Radek, vous nous parlez des Kerfmaker et du Tenonmaker, mais vous ne faites une vidéo QUE du Kerfmaker ?...
Ils se ressemblent en fait, la seule différence est une taille.
@@RadeksWorkshop Le fonctionnement a l'air différent ?
A quoi sert la partie pivotante noire en bout de la partie orange ?
these tools are designed to look better than they actually work! Be very cautious when buying them...I would recommend that you don't!
They work pretty well too