Making Tongue And Groove Siding

Whenever you re making tongue and groove joints the general practice is to start with the groove and then cut a tongue to fit the groove.

Making tongue and groove siding.

Tongue and groove joints can easily be made with a router when using the right bits on a proper router table. Your goal is to leave the same amount of material on the tongue board as you cut away on the groove board. Please contact us for more information. A 1x4 tongue groove pattern is going to create a line every 3 inches while a 1x6 creates its line every 5 inches for the same pattern.

Many designers plan other elements around the sight lines created by wood siding patterns. Exposure and sight lines. To begin making tongue and groove boards you first must decide to use either a table saw or a router. Once the cuts are made put the boards together to get a tongue and groove joint.

The tongue is analogous to the tenon and is sized to exactly fit into a matching open sided mortise the groove. All products are solid wood precision milled and kiln dried. When installing being by nailing one board to the top of the wall. Make sure your routing table is clear of sawdust and other debris.

With tongue and groove planks each piece has a side where there is a groove cut along the length of the board and a side where a tongue runs the length of the board. The tongue and groove profile uses the method of fitting boards together edge to edge allowing two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Any rubbish under the wood can cause errors in your cuts. However where mortise and tenon is used to impart strength and rigidity to workpieces typically connected at right angles a good tongue and groove joint shines at joining parallel workpieces.

For the tongue move the fence forward so that you re cutting away the edges of the board. If you d like to make these slats on your router table i suggest you use a slot cutter for cutting the groove.