ship lap

[Wayniac]

whats the fastest and easiest way to do ship lap on a lot of boards

[btulloh]

- Moulder.

- Shaper with a power feeder.

Chamfer or no chamfer?  With no chamfer, the table saw with a dado blade will work.  Power feeder makes things faster and better - table saw or shaper.

[Durf700]

woodmizer SLR jig. 

[Southside]

On the SLR that would actually be clapboard.  Shiplap has a tongue and either half or full groove with a "nickel gap" reveal.  We make a lot of it on the 4000 moulder, would not want to do it any other way.  

[Larry]

I face joint one side, thickness plane, and joint one edge.  Jointer has a power feeder.  Next step is to run the jointed edge through the shaper than do the second edge which also sizes the blank.  I climb cut on the shaper at 72 feet per minute.  Goes fairly fast.

Having said that, you might want to see what a mill work shop would charge if you have a lot. 

[customsawyer]

I do about 10000 ft a month on my 4 head planer. I think what you are asking about is what I call tapered lap siding. For that I cut the boards at 1 1/8 thick then take them to my resaw with the feed table set at a angle and just feed the boards through. Gives me a 1/4" on one edge and 5/8 to 3/4" on the other edge. 

[Gary Davis]

not the fastest way but I used a router to do about  20 boards 

[Wayniac]

thanks for the replies that give me something to think about