The project will have all woven corners, no trim boards at outside corners or inside ones. Pif, and all you other shingle magicians, please chime in and tell me your shortcuts or preferred techniques for trimming shingles to butt weave the joints at INSIDE corners.
Some sort of little quick scribe tool? A nice little mini bandsaw up on the scaffold with you? A crooked knife?
Checking in on some of the shingling going on around here, I see guys up on the pumpjack picks with those “portable” 10″ tablesaws. I guess you want a lightweight one when you are doing that.
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I use a cordless saw. I also have a small block plane.
i like my PC 4" trim saw.. the small cordless saws are pretty good too.. but a 4" blade can cut the radius easier than a 6" bladeMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
I use a cheap scribe with the tip heated and bent 90 degrees to mark the inside woven shingles. Before I start that day I make sure I have 2 block planes sharpened up, because one always falls off the staging and buries itself in the shrubbery. A small Shurform plane is nice to have when the shingles are a little damp as the cedar won't tearout. I also have one of the little Makita circ. saws in a bucket for ripping.
I guess I'm just too old.
I use a sharp utility knife and a block plane. You run the corners first, then shingle out from there.
I choose a shingle the right width approximately and take a shave sliver off it. I hold it up to the corner and eyeball whether it needs another shave or not. Then a couple three passes with the block plane and it fits tight enough you can't fit a business card into the joint.
Whethedr it is the first or second side of the lap makes a diff in whether it gets one angle or the other. The second one also needs more of a curl to it because it is abutting a double layer on the previous lay.
The block plane finish can let the face show a little stronger than the bace. In other words, back bevel it as you taper it. That helps the tight fit.
Things like this are more technique than can be told in words. It's more of a "Here, let me show you..."
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old , my a*s.. iffen u were olde, u'd still be using yur shingle hatchet..
now where did i put it ?Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
LOL
My best one got stolen by some young buck who saw how fast I was! He thunk he could magically start shingling as fast as me with that tool in his grubby little hands.
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Excellence is its own reward!