Here’s one for ya: I’m working on a project that requires us to use 1×6 V-jointed T & G clear cedar on an pitched ceiling(2ft. o.c.trusses). The peak is 20 ft off the floor, and involves several unequal pitch valleys. We’ve approached this by having one guy on the floor cutting and one or two up on scaffold installing the boards. The owner wants the valleys to be mitered, without trim boards covering the joint at the valley.
A) we’re having some problems with measurement. I’ve been measuring to the point where the two v-joints meet, but this spot is difficult to see on a miter saw, and even more difficult to hit spot on with the saw set on a compound miter. Even being out by 1/32 of an inch per board can soon get totally out of hand on a 12 foot valley.
Passing up a board cut to rough length for marking, then passing it it down again for a final cut seems rather inefficient.
Given that we have several 1000 sq.ft. of this stuff to do, any suggestion would be gretaly appreciated.
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I'm trying to visualize...and trying to remember....
IF I can remember corrrectly, with unequal pitch the joints WON'T line up as the angled cuts will be two different lengths,,,so....the miters will start to wander off and NOT meet....
"If 'tis to be,'twil be done by me."
EXACTLY! Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
It's one thing to do shingles on valleys of different pitches, I don't envy you for what you're doing with T & G clear cedar and mitered joints.
Hope the client understand the problem. Curious to see if anybody here has a workable solution.
Last winter I saw some guys doing it with cherry custom milled T&G. Same type of deal.
They v notched a beam ( there were other applied beams) and capped the valley joint. Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
That's what I would prefer to give it a post and beam look.
For uneven pitch miter I just can't see how you could win.