Homemade Lap Siding Jig

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Homemade lap siding jig.

With this unique jig cut lap siding up to 9 22 5cm wide with taper widths down to a feather edge. The width of your rabbets can be anywhere from 1 2 in. With the width the same on both sides of your board you can adjust the reveal between boards when you install the decorative shiplap siding. Lay a 1 by 3 piece of 1 2 inch thick plywood along the 3 inch wide end of the longer piece with the two.

Two jigs per set. Make shiplap siding and cedar shake shingles quickly and easily. Measure the width of the hardieplank. To make a more traditional shiplap joint simply cut one rabbet at 1 2 in.

The depth of the rabbets should be exactly half the thickness of your lumber. How to make a siding jig for hardieplank step 1. Reconfigure the jigs and make cedar shake shingles 9 22 5cm wide and up to 16 40cm long each pass makes two shingles. We finally finished the studs this week and moved on to something a bit more interesting.