When cutting vinyl siding with a circular saw install a fine toothed blade backwards on the saw for a smoother cleaner cut especially in cold weather when the material is brittle.
Can you cut vinyl siding with a table 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.
You want it to be dark enough so you can see it when you re using the saw.
But you can try it and adapt it as you like.
Vinyl is easier to cut than most siding materials and you can use a number of everyday tools for the job.
With a pencil straightedge and measuring tape you need to draw a straight vertical line at which you want to cut the strip of vinyl siding into.
This prevents the teeth of the saw from grabbing the material.
Never tried a sliding miter saw.
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You ll need a fine tooth plywood saw blade to do this correctly.
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.
Make the cut slowly.
Lie a strip of vinyl siding on a flat work table.
For smaller jobs you may prefer to use tin snips or even a hand saw.
Follow these steps on how to cut vinyl siding with a pair of tin snips.
Put on safety goggles.
Mark the area to cut and slowly feed the blade into the siding.
If you re cutting dark vinyl siding run a piece of light colored masking tape over the section you want to cut.
Go over the line a few times with the pencil.
If you re working on a large job you ll probably want to make end cuts with a circular saw and that s no problem as long as you use the right blade.
First lay a strip of vinyl siding onto a flat and clean working table.
Mark the line you want to cut on the siding with a pencil and straight edge.
But heavier and the table usually marks up the siding.
The backward rotation of the saw blade not only cuts the vinyl but melts the edges to make a very smooth and jagged edge free cut.
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.
Not just any circular saw blade will do.
Fit a circular saw with a fine toothed plywood cutting blade.
A circular saw and an abrasive blade would work the same.
