Lawrence Wasserman wrote:

In article ,
Hitch wrote:
Besides imposing less strain on the saw motor, thin-kerf blades waste less
wood. If you are cutting big pieces of inexpensive material, thick kerfs
are not a problem. However, if you are ripping 1/2"-wide strips (which I
do sometimes), a 1/8" kerf is wasting 20% of your wood! At $4/bf +/- for
hard maple, that makes me pay attention!
...snipped...

And a 3/32" thin kerf blade, using the same math, would be wasting
18.75%.

I get 15.78 for the 3/32. You have to add the kerf-width to the dimension
of the piece. 16 cents a board foot difference at $4.

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