Cutting A Bevel For Siding Boards

How to make your own clap board siding.

Cutting a bevel for siding boards. The key is to make sure the first piece is the taper you want 5 8 down to 1 4 etc. If you need to cut boards at angles to fit a pitched roof hold a t bevel tool against the trim piece and the gable to get the angle of the cut. One of the most common traditional wood siding types is board and batten siding which uses wide planks that are spaced apart with narrower boards called battens that cover each joint. Choose straight 3 4 inch thick lumber that is free from open knots splits and checking.

This rabbeted edge cut allows the bevel siding panels to fit together in such a way as to protect joints from water infiltration. Cut a 1 foot piece of siding from one of the full length pieces with a circular saw. Dimensioned lumber comes with square edges which means the angle between the face of a board and its edge is 90 degrees. The boards can be oriented horizontally or vertically and can also be reversed so that the wider boards cover the joints of the narrower boards.

After you cut the first piece the blade will be at the top of the next wide edge. Under 29 cfr 1926 1153 c iii osha provides a specific safe harbor practice for cutting for cutting fiber cement boards using a handheld power saw with blade diameter of 8 inches or less 1. Tighten the wing nut and use the t bevel to mark boards for cutting. Typical clapboard siding is 6 or 8 inches wide.

However thick your siding will be plus the kerf is how much you drop the head. Place the piece flat on the saw table with the edge opposite the side to receive the bevel against the fence. I m in alaska and all we have is birch spruce poplar and cottonwood. The rabetted bevel dolly varden pattern features a 1 2 3 4 notch in the thicker butt end of the board.

Use saw equipped with commercially available dust collection system. Use a sliding t bevel to transfer the angle of the roof to the siding boards for making the necessary cuts. If you want to change this angle to anything other than 90 degrees you have to make what is known as a bevel cut.