How To Make Lap Siding Jig

Measure the width of the hardieplank.

How to make lap siding jig. Attach the riser boards to a large piece of plywood. Cut two pieces of 1 2 inch thick plywood to 1 inch wide and 3 inches long. Save a bunch of money by building this spe. Make shiplap siding and cedar shake shingles quickly and easily.

Professional installers of cement fiber board such as hardieplank certainteed cerber trap loc weatherside gaf and cemplank can maintain consistent and l. A super simple jig to mill tapered clapboard siding. Reconfigure the jigs and make cedar shake shingles 9 22 5cm wide and up to 16 40cm long each pass makes two shingles. Measure from the top of the first board down to 1 1 2 inches and mark a line along the board with a chalk line.

Come learn how you can build your own shed. Two jigs per set. To make a more traditional shiplap joint simply cut one rabbet at 1 2 in. Wide and the other at 3 4 in.

Turn the jig. With the width the same on both sides of your board you can adjust the reveal between boards when you install the decorative shiplap siding. We finally finished the studs this week and moved on to something a bit more interesting. Lay a 1 by 3 piece of 1 2 inch thick plywood along the 3 inch wide end of the longer piece with the two.

The risers need to be taller than the profile of the material you re cutting. In this video i show how to build your own siding gauges for under 5. With this unique jig cut lap siding up to 9 22 5cm wide with taper widths down to a feather edge. Continue marking and adding boards until the siding installation is complete.

Place the second board with its bottom edge along this line and nail in place.