Cutting Lap Siding On Sawmill

A super simple jig to mill tapered clapboard siding.

Cutting lap siding on sawmill.

Rough sawn lumber is a traditional siding material that remains a practical and affordable option for modern homeowners. Two jigs per set. I painted the other end with some black paint to show the cutting easier. How to make siding from rough sawn lumber.

Assuming 1 2 board overlap. Put a log on your mill. Our lap siding attachment gets permanently installed on the sawmill head and does not need to be removed. At woodland mills we ve engineered a more efficient way that makes the whole process of cutting lap siding quicker and easier.

Once matched i marked the wedge for how far to push it in each time. Make shiplap siding and cedar shake shingles quickly and easily. 1x8 pattern coverage example. After sawing the cant and cutting the end square i drew the outline of the siding on the end and then leaned it over till it matched the blade using a wedge to hold it up.

Here i put a 15 x 12 poplar log on mine. Many logs are not round. With this unique jig cut lap siding up to 9 22 5cm wide with taper widths down to a feather edge. How to saw lap siding without an expensive lap siding attachment.

Note dressed dimensions are the same for both rabbeted and no rabbet quarter log profiles. If you are siding four walls 8 feet high by 40 feet long with 8 wide cedar siding boards and we allow 10 of the total square feet for openings you would need approximately 2250 2450 linear feet depending on pattern selected. A super simple jig to mill tapered clapboard siding. The other end was about 16 17 sorta egg shaped.

Reconfigure the jigs and make cedar shake shingles 9 22 5cm wide and up to 16 40cm long each pass makes two shingles.