Cutting Lap Siding On Sawmill

Our lap siding attachment gets permanently installed on the sawmill head and does not need to be removed.

Cutting lap siding on sawmill.

Rough sawn lumber is a traditional siding material that remains a practical and affordable option for modern homeowners. How to saw lap siding without an expensive lap siding attachment. How to make siding from rough sawn lumber. Two jigs per set.

The other end was about 16 17 sorta egg shaped. With this unique jig cut lap siding up to 9 22 5cm wide with taper widths down to a feather edge. Reconfigure the jigs and make cedar shake shingles 9 22 5cm wide and up to 16 40cm long each pass makes two shingles. Many logs are not round.

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. Here i put a 15 x 12 poplar log on mine. At woodland mills we ve engineered a more efficient way that makes the whole process of cutting lap siding quicker and easier.

Assuming 1 2 board overlap. A super simple jig to mill tapered clapboard siding. I painted the other end with some black paint to show the cutting easier. 1x8 pattern coverage example.

Make shiplap siding and cedar shake shingles quickly and easily. Put a log on your mill. The rustic charm of 1 inch rough. The small end shown here is on the far end of the mill.

Once matched i marked the wedge for how far to push it in each time.