Mark the area to cut and slowly feed the blade into the siding.
Can you cut vinyl siding with a table saw.
First lay a strip of vinyl siding onto a flat and clean working table.
Go over the line a few times with the pencil.
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If you re cutting dark vinyl siding run a piece of light colored masking tape over the section you want to cut.
Lie a strip of vinyl siding on a flat work table.
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.
Never tried a sliding miter saw.
Put on safety goggles.
This prevents the teeth of the saw from grabbing the material.
You want it to be dark enough so you can see it when you re using the saw.
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.
You ll need a fine tooth plywood saw blade to do this correctly.
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.
But heavier and the table usually marks up the siding.
But you can try it and adapt it as you like.
Not just any circular saw blade will do.
For smaller jobs you may prefer to use tin snips or even a hand 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.
Follow these steps on how to cut vinyl siding with a pair of tin snips.
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.
For the smoothest cuts put the blade in backward.
Black abrasive cutting blades either masonry or steel work suprisingly well to cut vinyl.
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.
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.
Make the cut slowly.
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.
