sawing tapered siding

Qweaver · June 13, 2019, 02:01:57 PM

A customer asked me to saw him tapered siding. I remember seeing a jig to do this. Does anyone have a plan for how to build one? I would not know where to start. But I have materials and I know how to weld. Now all I need is a plan.

Quinton

alan gage · June 13, 2019, 02:49:58 PM

There's a lot in the archives on this. Search for beveled siding. If I remember right most people were just using shims under one side of the cant for the first cut and then remove shims for the following cut. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Alan

btulloh · June 13, 2019, 02:56:11 PM

X2 on the shims. No special fixtures needed unless you saw it frequently.

Dana Stanley · June 13, 2019, 10:04:39 PM

I'm planning of making a knock off of Woodmizers, but not for a while. Maybe someone who has one can take some pics with a tape measure for reference!! It looks pretty simple, but still more than a 2 day job! So I have a plan, but it's still in my head.

scsmith42 · June 13, 2019, 10:22:02 PM

Quinton, there is a simple bracket that you can add to your Peterson for milling beveled siding. If you want I can send you some pix.

Scott

PAmizerman · June 13, 2019, 10:58:27 PM

I like this one
Lap siding jig for the Wood-Mizer LT35 - YouTube

Southside · June 13, 2019, 11:02:43 PM

If it became something you make a lot of the re-saw belt WM sells works quite well with about an hours worth of tweaks. I sell a mountain of the stuff and my 35 has one of those units on it all the time. It is amazing how much faster you can re-saw than breakdown with one.

Qweaver · June 18, 2019, 10:20:50 AM

Quote from: scsmith42 on June 13, 2019, 10:22:02 PM
Quinton, there is a simple bracket that you can add to your Peterson for milling beveled siding. If you want I can send you some pix.

Scott

Thanks Scott. My email is qweaver@peoplepc.com. I have the peterson sawing pretty well now. Not perfect...still needs some tuning...but better.