How To Cut Beveled Siding

Now that the top is cut on a bevel you can remove the shims and set the cant flat on the rails drop the blade down and make another cut.

How to cut beveled siding.

I would do the operation solely on the bandmill. Set up a table saw with about 12 feet of open space to the front and rear of the saw. However thick your siding will be plus the kerf is how much you drop the head. Clamp the wood firmly and use a bit with the desired angle to shape the edge and produce the desired bevel angle.

Start a second layer with a partial board so the siding seams do not align. After you cut the first piece the blade will be at the top of the next wide edge. Use the piece cut off from the first layer if possible. Typical clapboard siding is 6 or 8 inches wide.

Overlap the bottom of the second board 1 inch over the top of the. Now remove the sticks and take another cut after dropping the blade 5 8. The key is to make sure the first piece is the taper you want 5 8 down to 1 4 etc. Tilt the table saw s blade to 45 degrees.

I m in alaska and all we have is birch spruce poplar and cottonwood. How to bevel an edge on siding 1. Set your table saw blade as high as it will go at a 15 degree angle for 1 by 6 lumber or 10 degrees for. Now that the cant is tilted and your cant is 8 wide drop your blade 5 16 from the previous top of the flat cant.

Position an outfeed roller. You take a piece of scrap and cut the bevel and then measure how much longer or shorter depending on whether you are cutting a left or right bevel the back side is relative to the front side at the bevel. Choose straight 3 4 inch thick lumber that is free from open knots splits and checking. Measure the thickness of the wood siding at the edge that will receive the bevel.

Use one of the pieces you just cut as a full length shim to tilt your cant again and make another cut. How to make your own clap board siding. You already have the cant on the mill so shim the cant to the desired angle for your siding and make your first cut. Cutting bevelled siding joints at a 22 1 2 degree angle.

Here s the 2 little sticks set under the cant. Then add the difference to each measurement.