How To Make Lap Siding Jig

Turn the jig.

How to make lap siding jig.

The jig is pretty simple it requires two pieces of plywood can be same thickness a couple boards of the same thickness for risers two boards to use as runners and a handful of screws. The risers need to be taller than the profile of the material you re cutting. Continue marking and adding boards until the siding installation is complete. In this video i show how to build your own siding gauges for under 5.

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. Cut two pieces of 1 2 inch thick plywood to 1 inch wide and 3 inches long. Reconfigure the jigs and make cedar shake shingles 9 22 5cm wide and up to 16 40cm long each pass makes two shingles. Two jigs per set.

To make a more traditional shiplap joint simply cut one rabbet at 1 2 in. Attach the riser boards to a large piece of plywood. A super simple jig to mill tapered clapboard siding. 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.

Measure the width of the hardieplank. 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. With this unique jig cut lap siding up to 9 22 5cm wide with taper widths down to a feather edge. How to make a siding jig for hardieplank step 1.

Place the second board with its bottom edge along this line and nail in place. Professional installers of cement fiber board such as hardieplank certainteed cerber trap loc weatherside gaf and cemplank can maintain consistent and l. We finally finished the studs this week and moved on to something a bit more interesting. That way when you install the boards you re left with a 1 4 in.

Wide and the other at 3 4 in.