These are specialized to reduce the dust caused from cutting these planks.
Howto make rip cuts in fibercement siding.
I recommend the turboshear tsf1a fiber cement pnuematic if you re looking to buy a pneumatic siding shear.
Cement fiber siding is a commonly used building material.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva shares his secrets for working with fiber cement siding.
It is a concrete product that is light flexible and has a woodlike finish.
It can be cut.
Typically siding shears use air pressure to power them and they shear or cut the siding like a pair of scissors.
This would not be easy because we needed to make a lot of long rip cuts and angled crosscuts for field joints.
There are many cost effective circular saw and vacuum options that meet table 1 requirements for cutting fiber cement.
You have to make the cuts very slowly.
For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power shears.
Even if you do invest in higher end tools the total cost per job is low.
Don t buy the expensive fiber cement saw blade it s a rip off.
Best way to cut vinyl siding is with an ez siding shear.
How to drill holes through cement fiber siding.
To keep dust to a minimum use a circular saw that s equipped with either a dust collection bag or electric fan that blows dust into a bucket.
Use a specialized blade used with the saw such as mikita hardiblade or dewalts filber cement blade.
When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth.
Even if you do invest in higher end tools the total cost per job is low.
Cutting fiber cement siding can produce clouds of dust and i wanted us to breathe in as little of it as possible.
Buy the cheapest wood saw blade you can find buy a few because the cement blade wont last.