Homemade Lap Siding Jig

The width of your rabbets can be anywhere from 1 2 in.

Homemade lap siding jig.

Turn the jig. To make a more traditional shiplap joint simply cut one rabbet at 1 2 in. We finally finished the studs this week and moved on to something a bit more interesting. Cut two pieces of 1 2 inch thick plywood to 1 inch wide and 3 inches long.

Two jigs per set. Measure the width of the hardieplank. With this unique jig cut lap siding up to 9 22 5cm wide with taper widths down to a feather edge. Reconfigure the jigs and make cedar shake shingles 9 22 5cm wide and up to 16 40cm long each pass makes two shingles.

A super simple jig to mill tapered clapboard 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. Wide and the other at 3 4 in. How to make a siding jig for hardieplank step 1.