Cutting Clapboard Siding

Just sharing some of the different methods i ve used for cutting hardieboard siding.

Cutting clapboard siding.

Run your siding stock across the table saw with one 3 4 inch edge down cutting a bevel along its length. Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. Re siding traditionally most beveled clapboards were layered.

Keep the boards pressed against the table and the fence and feed them slowly to avoid chipping and splits. Cutting clapboards issue 67 when remodeling or building additions it is often necessary to cut existing clapboard siding along a vertical line. 0 315 in x 48 563 in x 95 875 in. Smartside 38 series primed engineered panel siding common.

Unlike flat grain siding cut from stock lumber ward s clapboards are produced using a unique radial sawing process similar to traditional rift sawing. 0 315 in x 48 in x 96 in. Sawing siding for the cottage using a bandsaw. Long time sawyer bob pierce operates the radial saw at ward clapboard mill in moretown vermont.

Ward clapboard mill has been cutting radially sawn boards since 1864. Pull nails from split clapboard. Otherwise insert small wooden wedges or a screwdriver up under the siding to pry it out slightly then cut the nails with a hacksaw. Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes.

Step 4 install a 1 4 inch roundover bit into your router and set the depth to1 4 inch.