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Does anyone here operate a large portion of the mill as a shingle mill?

Started by just_sawing, December 04, 2014, 09:34:27 PM

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just_sawing

I am about the only one here that I know of that will cut Lap siding or cut Shingles.
I am getting more interest and need to standardize my process.
1. Do you dry your wood. On shingles I don't but highly recommend dipping them. I have ceder siding and shingle 20 years plus and are in fine shape. They improved after a hard hail storm , they brightened up.
2 What wood do you offer. I offer Cedar (Eastern Red) and white oak for roofs and Sassafras, Poplar and ceder for the walls.
What do you use for your shingle machine? I use currently a HM120
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just_sawing

I have a large portion of my farm that is Eastern Red Cedar. I am looking at the feasibility of moving my operation to shingles.
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reswire

I"ve thought about designing a Lap siding jig for my mill.  I don't thing it would be too hard to do.  Shim one side at a time for each cut?  As long as the cuts remain the same depth and angle, it should work as well as a factory add on?  Am I missing something, or has anyone done this type of thing before?   
Norwood LM 30, JD 5205, some Stihl saws, 15 goats, 10 chickens, 1 Chessie and a 2 Weiner dogs...

backwoods sawyer

I built a lap siding jig a few years ago.
upper frame, lower frame, attached with hinges, bar clamps to hold the piece and a lever that concts three cams. It fits on both the WM and Cooks mills.

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bandmiller2

Justsawing, I think if your serious about shingles you need a dedicated shingle machine not a reconfigured band mill. The red cedar we have up in the northeast looks dandy for a wile but unless coated will turn black as it ages. White cedar is the one used for the classic weathered look. Cutting shingles gets boring fast a lot of labor for little product. To dry them I always made square stacks tip to butt, although you could also stack them tip to butt in a line, they dry fast. Possibly clap boards would be less labor and more profitable on a band mill. Frank C.
A man armed with common sense is packing a big piece

Privacyleech

Quote from: backwoods sawyer on December 07, 2014, 12:50:32 AM
I built a lap siding jig a few years ago.
upper frame, lower frame, attached with hinges, bar clamps to hold the piece and a lever that concts three cams. It fits on both the WM and Cooks mills.

I would like to see a few pictures if you have any. I was thinking of making a jig too and would love to see how you did it if you wouldn't mind.

just_sawing

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taylorsmissbeehaven

I'd like to see some pictures too. I built a sloppy jig to cut some siding a few years ago, it worked and got the job done but something a little more substantial would be better. I'd like to see the shingle maker as well. If y'all have time. Brian
Opportunity is missed by most because it shows up wearing bib overalls and looks like work.

Woodsrover

I made a jig for cutting shingles a couple years ago.  Posted about it here.  Link: https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=65213.0



I used white pine as they were only for a chicken coop.  Been a year and a half and they haven't rotted yet!   :D



bandmiller2

Rover, that's a coop da ville you going to spoil those hens. Years ago I bought a shingle mill from an old timer he told me the man that puts white pine shingles on a building will never live long enough to have to replace them , he wasen't talking about a roof though. Just for chuckles I'd coat them with something, Thompsons est. Frank C.
A man armed with common sense is packing a big piece

just_sawing

Just finishing up an order for a pergola, Here it would be a Gazebo but this is in the high priced part of town.


 


  

  

 
Here are photos of the HM120 in action
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