Cutting Clapboard Siding

Step 4 install a 1 4 inch roundover bit into your router and set the depth to1 4 inch.

Cutting clapboard siding.

Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. 0 315 in x 48 563 in x 95 875 in. Cutting clapboards issue 67 when remodeling or building additions it is often necessary to cut existing clapboard siding along a vertical line. Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it off.

Unlike flat grain siding cut from stock lumber ward s clapboards are produced using a unique radial sawing process similar to traditional rift sawing. Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Otherwise insert small wooden wedges or a screwdriver up under the siding to pry it out slightly then cut the nails with a hacksaw. Ward clapboard mill has been cutting radially sawn boards since 1864.

Re siding traditionally most beveled clapboards were layered. Long time sawyer bob pierce operates the radial saw at ward clapboard mill in moretown vermont. Just sharing some of the different methods i ve used for cutting hardieboard siding. Problem is the saw s shoe wants to hang up on the protruding lower edges of the clapboards which in turn makes the blade dip into the sheathing underneath it.

Sawing siding for the cottage using a bandsaw. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. Run your siding stock across the table saw with one 3 4 inch edge down cutting a bevel along its length. 0 315 in x 48 in x 96 in.

Pull nails from split clapboard.