How to saw live edge siding on bandmill?

[Ironwood]

Thanks for the compliment. I challked a striaght line on mine and ripped the "up side" of each board to keep the lower edge consistant.  I used them full thickness (made window and corner boards VERY thick) but it turned out nice. I did use ONLY stainless fasteners and ONLY under the lap, thought I wouldhave to eventually pull some of the bottoms in with fasteners but it has never moved. I had to "toe screw" every corner board and window trim board because face screwing was NOT an option with 3" thick boards. I also matched all me corners so in the dormers for instance even though the board "hits" the corner vertical board the next one continues at he same horizontal line around the dormer. I did the same at all the corners. I was pretty meticulis about it all. I have seen it done so poorly that I did not want that on my house. I even routered a step in the end of every board where it meets the corners so that the calking had a groove to adhere to and build some "body" before rolling ou onto the face.

  Borate is a good suggestion, and can be bought or ordered through Agway or similar farm store.

Ironwood

[Bibbyman]

 



When I got mostly done I thought, "I should be turning these up one more turn onto the live edge and then saw the back edge to make them the (approximate) same width.".  But we were about done so maybe next time.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Customer next week is asking for wavy cut hemlock, 1-1/4" boards, for siding.  Hemlock is what he's got.   It's not rot resistant.  How will it fare as siding?

[woodsy]

I think Hemlock will do really well.  A lot of clapboards on old New England houses are/were made of Hemlock and Spruce.  My house was built circa 1830's and it still has the original Hemlock clapboards on it. They are not beveled like today's clapboards but rather a full 5/8 thickness.

I know enough people that have had success with Hemlock as landscape timbers for gardens and such that I wouldn't hesitate to use it like this.

[catskillpond]

we sided some of the houses we have with i inch boards but went latteral board and batton style with all random widths

[terrifictimbersllc]

I think Hemlock will do really well.  A lot of clapboards on old New England houses are/were made of Hemlock and Spruce.  My house was built circa 1830's and it still has the original Hemlock clapboards on it. They are not beveled like today's clapboards but rather a full 5/8 thickness.

I know enough people that have had success with Hemlock as landscape timbers for gardens and such that I wouldn't hesitate to use it like this.

Thanks your experience is very helpful.   Not sure why he's choosing 1-1/4" thick but he has a carpenter advising him. 

[Magicman]

I just finished sawing inside wall paneling 1¼".  I don't know what some folks are thinking.  He lost a third of his potential lumber, and that was "sinker cypress"   .