How To Cut Vinyl Siding With A Circular Saw

To cut vinyl siding with a circular saw you can find specialty vinyl siding blades but most people just turn a fine toothed blade around so it spins the opposite direction.

How to cut vinyl siding with a circular saw.

This method is best for cutting a lot of short or long vertical cuts since the circular saw will create clean incisions relatively quickly. Not just any circular saw blade will do. Mark the area to cut and slowly feed the blade into the siding. For the smoothest cuts put the blade in backward.

Lie a strip of vinyl siding on a flat work table. This prevents the teeth of the saw from grabbing the material. With a pencil and measuring tape mark where you want to cut. Watch the blade carefully as you re cutting to make sure it s staying on the line.

First lay a strip of vinyl siding onto a flat and clean working table. Make sure you re wearing safety goggles when you re cutting the vinyl siding. Use tin snips or a rotary tool to make curved cuts. Use your free hand to hold the vinyl siding down so it doesn t shift while you re cutting it.

Make crosscuts on vinyl siding using a circular saw but you should install a vinyl cutting blade to minimize chip out. These include miter saws chop saws table saws and handheld circular saws. Using a circular saw is the first method that you can use to cut vinyl siding. Fit a circular saw with a fine toothed plywood cutting blade.

You ll need a fine tooth plywood saw blade to do this correctly. Push the saw along the line at a steady rate to get a clean smooth cut. You can also use tin snips to make crosscuts. Install a plywood blade backward onto a circular saw.

When making longitudinal cuts score with a knife and break along the score line.