Materials

Starting thickness and kerf. Measure your own sheet, then save it with the kerf tool. These numbers are estimates, not machine settings.

Save a measured kerf

MaterialThicknessKerf
Baltic birch plywood 3 mm3 mm0.15 mm
Baltic birch plywood 1/8"3.175 mm0.15 mm
Poplar plywood 3 mm3 mm0.16 mm
MDF 3 mm3 mm0.18 mm
Chipboard / cardboard 2 mm2 mm0.2 mm
Acrylic 3 mm (brittle)3 mm0.1 mm
Basswood plywood 3 mm3 mm0.14 mm
Walnut plywood 3 mm3 mm0.16 mm
Baltic birch plywood 6 mm6 mm0.2 mm
MDF 6 mm6 mm0.22 mm
Acrylic 2 mm (brittle)2 mm0.1 mm
Acrylic 5 mm (brittle)5 mm0.12 mm
Mirror acrylic 3 mm3 mm0.1 mm
Veg-tan leather 2 mm2 mm0.2 mm
Wool felt 3 mm3 mm0.25 mm
Cork sheet 3 mm3 mm0.2 mm