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Vocabulary — Cross-cutting stage
Kerf = the width of material the laser beam removes as it cuts (~7 thou here). It sets the floor for real detail — anything narrower than the kerf can’t be cut. Two consequences: (1) the post applies cutter comp (G41/G42) with a D-offset (kerf .007 → D7) so the beam centre is offset half the kerf and the part comes out on-size; (2) geometry smaller than the kerf (a 0.36-thou stray speck) is physically uncuttable noise — see item 12.