How To Cut Vinyl Siding With A Chop Saw

Put a carpenter s square.

How to cut vinyl siding with a chop saw.

Usually people make a jig that is like a box that allows you to slide the siding into the box and it has a jig on top that allows a skilsaw to make the crosscuts. When cutting vinyl siding the installer will most likely use a miter saw radial arm saw jig saw or chop saw to produce detailed cuts through the planks. Install a plywood blade backward onto a circular saw. Go for one with fine small teeth of the same size.

Not all kinds of circular saws can be used to cut vinyl siding. This method is best for cutting a lot of short or long vertical cuts since the circular saw will create clean incisions relatively quickly. Use tin snips or a rotary tool to make curved cuts. Because chop saws can only cut at a right angle it is best to use a miter saw or radial arm saw for more complex cuts.

Use a utility knife to cut halfway through your vinyl plank. How to cut vinyl siding with a circular saw. These include miter saws chop saws table saws and handheld circular saws. Be sure to like and subscribe in order to help me bring you more helpful videos filled with tips and tricks i ve learned over the years.

You should apply a moderate amount of pressure to cut roughly halfway through your vinyl plank. Using a circular saw is the first method that you can use to cut vinyl siding. Plenty more videos t. When making longitudinal cuts score with a knife and break along the score line.

You can also use tin snips to make crosscuts. Mark the area to cut and slowly feed the blade into the siding. Black abrasive cutting blades either masonry or steel work suprisingly well to cut vinyl. Don t worry about cutting all the way through the plank.

This tool is for cutting a strip of vinyl siding into smaller pieces with vertical short cuts. Never tried a sliding miter saw. Using the framing square to guide your blade begin cutting along the marked line at a 45 degree angle. Lie a strip of vinyl siding on a flat work table.

Slide the end of the siding off the table until the place where you plan to cut it is just past the edge of the table. Not just any circular saw blade will do.