Homemade Vinyl Siding Cutting Table

Circular saw cutting jig for vinyl siding.

Homemade vinyl siding cutting table.

Im just gonna keep the rest of our homegrown ideas locked in the trailer. When making longitudinal cuts score with a knife and break along the score line. The following user says thank you to jkfox624 for this useful post. Homemade vinyl siding and soffit cutting jig constructed from lumber and steel.

With a pencil and measuring tape mark. To make you faster and more efficient we added material stops for desired length and memory stops for the desired angle pitch. Last night it was my 1984 van mark trim a brake now its my homemade siding cutting table. Accommodates full length sidings and soffits.

The cuts can be done by hand with a set of tin snips but squeezing the snips 5 6 times per cut can get really tiring and leaves a somewhat jagged. You should position the siding so that the cutting line is hanging off the edge for obvious reasons. Lay the vinyl siding on a flat table or workbench. First lay a strip of vinyl siding onto a flat and clean working table.

Use tin snips or a rotary tool to make curved cuts. Intended for utilization with a circular saw. Make crosscuts on vinyl siding using a circular saw but you should install a vinyl cutting blade to minimize chip out. Place that strip of vinyl siding so that the piece and the line you want to cut are slightly off the.

This type of tool sometimes referred to as a cutting jig is helpful for cutting straight lines with a hand held circular saw because it gives the cutter a guide to push or pull the circular saw in a straight line. You can also use tin snips to make crosscuts. Making a siding cutting table is a project that any diy er can accomplish without many tools or much experience. Failing to do this can result in your circular saw cutting into the workbench or table beneath the siding itself.