How To Make Beveled Wood Siding
Tilt the table saw s blade to 45 degrees.
How to make beveled wood siding. Position an outfeed roller. 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 1 by 8. If you have any comm. It is lumber that has been resawn at an angle resulting in two pieces.
Choose straight 3 4 inch thick lumber that is free from open knots splits and checking. How to bevel an edge on siding 1. I mortised 3 hinges into a 2x6 just like you would a door and screwed the other half of the butt hinge to the cant. Place nail just above the overlap.
Bevel siding also referred to as clapboard siding is a very popular wood siding product. Real wood siding is getting more expensive while with a router table any home owner can make wood siding for interior or exterior walls. Similar in appearance to clapboard siding bevel siding is a flat board cut into an isosceles triangle and attached horizontally to the wall with the thicker side toward the bottom. Bevel wood siding provides rustic warmth for homes and log cabins.
Hold a tape measure. They are lapped to shed water. Reducing the siding overlap recommendations could result in damage from wind driven water. I then tip the cant insert the proper size wedge and make the first cut.
However if gypsum or fiberboard sheathing is used the tenpenny nail is recommended to penetrate the stud. One edge has a thick butt while the other edge is thinner. Bevel siding should be face nailed to studs with 1 1 2 penetration into solid wood using one nail per bearing spaced at a maximum of 24 in. Long may be used for 3 4 inch thick siding.
Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces. I have devised a way to get around the work of re clamping the cant when making beveled siding. Measure the thickness of the wood siding at the edge that will receive the bevel. When plywood or wood sheathing or spaced wood nailing strips are used on nonwood sheathing sevenpenny or eightpenny nails 2 1 4 and 2 1 2 in.
How to make your own clap board siding step 1. Set up a table saw with about 12 feet of open space to the front and rear of the saw. Bevel siding uses lumber more efficiently than clapboards since you can usually get two beveled siding boards out of one clapboard during the milling process.