Cutting Siding With Mitre Saw

Release it as soon as the blade is fully engaged in the wood.

Cutting siding with mitre saw.

I show you a simple wooden jig i built myself to cut new aluminum soffit. You should position the siding so that the cutting line is hanging off the edge for obvious reasons. With today s sliding miter saws bringing the saw out to the front edge of the board and making the cut as the saw goes back towards home the saw teeth do not have the climbing engagement with the wood. The blade features an ultra thin laser cut kerf and a non stick silver ice coating that protects blade from heat gumming and corrosion.

Miter cut on a wide board clamp your workpiece for bevel cuts. The climbing phenomenon is defeated. Then retract the blade guard to start the bevel cut. Once again this contributes to giving the vinyl siding a clean cut.

Best 12 metal cutting blade. It saved me countless hours of work. This jig can also be used to easily cut vinyl. These include miter saws chop saws table saws and handheld circular saws.

Install a plywood blade backward onto a circular saw. The cut is cleaner and the job is done much more safely. Failing to do this can result in your circular saw cutting into the workbench or table beneath the siding itself. Cut aluminum with your miter saw making accurate cuts on aluminum rods tubes and angles is easy with a miter saw and a blade designed to cut nonferrous metal check the label.

If the motor housing on your saw is open and could collect metal chips tape a piece of cloth over the openings to protect the motor windings and bearings while you cut.