Lapsider / shingle / feather edge jig

[N1ck]

Is anyone sitting on a jig for cutting feather edge cladding or shingles that they could be tempted to sell? I have a couple of jobs coming up cutting cladding. I normally just cut parallel square edge or waney edge cladding but one of the clients are keen for feather edge and I would like to be able to offer this in the future.

 

It is for a woodmizer LT40 but I know a number of other manufacturers make them. Ideally it needs to clamp to the bed and be able to angle the cant over every other cut. I have seen a few home made jigs but I don't have the time or skills to fabricate something.

 

Cheers

 

Nick

[monkeybusiness]

Can’t you just slide a piece of waney under the log every other cut? Or is that a ridiculous proposition (I’m not a miller and know nothing of the intricacies, so please set me straight!)? 

[trigger_andy]

15 minutes ago, monkeybusiness said:

Can’t you just slide a piece of waney under the log every other cut? Or is that a ridiculous proposition (I’m not a miller and know nothing of the intricacies, so please set me straight!)? 

Thats a lot of hard work and time wasted. Imagine having to lift the log to slide a feather edge plank under? Although I like your thinking and could be handy if I ever need to knock a few out for home use but on a semi-large scale the broken back and tame wasted you'd be better off just buying a new one Id have thought? 

[monkeybusiness]

2 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Thats a lot of hard work and time wasted. Imagine having to lift the log to slide a feather edge plank under? Although I like your thinking and could be handy if I ever need to knock a few out for home use but on a semi-large scale the broken back and tame wasted you'd be better off just buying a new one Id have thought? 

Rolling a log isn’t exactly difficult though. 

Not a production solution by any means, but would work on a small scale surely? 

[trigger_andy]

Just now, monkeybusiness said:

Rolling a log isn’t exactly difficult though. 

Not a production solution by any means, but would work on a small scale surely? 

Although I have a Bandsaw for near on a year now Im obviously one of the least experienced here for Bandsaw Milling. Personally Id not want to be trying to cant a log over and somehow sliding a plank under at the same time every other pass.  

 

Maybe easier for those lucky buggers with hydraulics though? 

[monkeybusiness]

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Although I have a Bandsaw for near on a year now Im obviously one of the least experienced here for Bandsaw Milling. Personally Id not want to be trying to cant a log over and somehow sliding a plank under at the same time every other pass.  

 

Maybe easier for those lucky buggers with hydraulics though? 

Fucked if I know, have never milled anything in my life! Seems easy from an outsider’s perspective though, but am sure there are reasons why expensive jigs sell. 

[N1ck]

Here's a video of a guy who made his own jig that uses the hydraulic log clamp to angle the cant over. Very neat but probably beyond my fabricating skills.