Making Shiplap Siding

We cut the plywood into 8 inch wide pieces.

Making shiplap siding.

I lapped mine about an inch but it was exterior interior only needs enough to cover the shrinkage gap. The depth of the rabbets should be exactly half the thickness of your lumber. Getting the table saw ready. Use a level to ensure planks are installed horizontally on wall making sure to secure planks to wall studs.

Depending on the final look you want there are a ton of wood options you can use to make shiplap. With the right tools it s easy and efficient to make your own shiplap siding. Shiplap is a type of siding that is cut in specific way so that the different boards join easily together to create a relatively tight seal between them. Mini crafts sticks and wooden ice pop sticks both work well as spacers.

Unplug the router loosen the chuck and insert the rabbet bit. With this unique jig cut lap siding up to 9 22 5cm wide with taper widths down to a feather edge. It is usually made out of wood but it also comes in other materials such as vinyl and fiber cement. How to make shiplap siding 1.

Note you can also have the wood cut at your local lumber store. The crucial dimensions are the depth and width of your rabbets. You can use select grade for a super smooth look or common grade boards pine cedar really any type of solid wood that suites your needs. Using this table saw and dado blade setup you can cut duplicate rabbets on any size lumber to create trendy customizable decorative shiplap siding.

Adjust the depth of the bit to slightly more than half the thickness of the planking. Place a piece of planking face. Tighten the chuck firmly to secure the bit. I did cedar siding for my whole house like this.

Shiplap wall supplies step 1. Two jigs per set. Begin shiplap installation place your first plank on the wall starting at the baseboard and working your way up to the ceiling. Reconfigure the jigs and make cedar shake shingles 9 22 5cm wide and up to 16 40cm long each pass makes two shingles.

You can get a shaper from grizzly for about 300 and it will make fast work of it. To keep the cost down we used luan plywood. It s called shiplap and i used a shaper to do it. Make shiplap siding and cedar shake shingles quickly and easily.