Shiplap equipment

[DaleK]

What are you using to groove shiplap where you don't have electricity? Just running a heavy table saw or router table off a gas engine like the Amish do or something else?

[redbeard]

It's amazing what all you can do with chainsaws. Just need too get creative with making jigs for the bar too control depth and widths.
I take it your building in very remote area.

[Joe Hillmann]

Once I get to that point on the house I am building my thought is to set up the buzz saw on my tractor as a line shaft and use v belts from that to power my table saw and shaper.

The other option would be to use a generator, but at the moment the only generator I have isn't up to the task, and I would prefer not to spend money on a bigger one.

[D6c]

Wouldn't take much of a generator to run a corded router....or charge the battery for a battery powered router.

[SawyerTed]

I agree on the generator.  It won't take a very high wattage generator to run a router in a router table or a contractor's saw with a dado head.