Cutting Vinyl Soffit With Miter Saw

One more use for a backwards circ saw blade.

Cutting vinyl soffit with miter saw.

Fit a circular saw with a fine toothed plywood cutting blade. These include miter saws chop saws table saws and handheld circular saws. When making longitudinal cuts score with a knife and break along the score line. Never tried a sliding miter saw.

Irwin 10 inch miter saw blade classic series steel table 11870 4 6 out of 5 stars 2 619. 38 0 87 10 items free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. Use tin snips or a rotary tool to make curved cuts. Put on safety goggles.

Install a plywood blade backward onto a circular saw. You can also use tin snips to make crosscuts. For the smoothest cuts put the blade in backward. Best seller in circular saw blades.

Make the cut slowly. Lie a strip of vinyl siding on a flat work table. Mark the area to cut and slowly feed the blade into the siding. 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.

Black abrasive cutting blades either masonry or steel work suprisingly well to cut vinyl. 4 3 out of 5 stars 31. Miter saws are often employed in woodworking projects but these tools are also preferred by many amateurs for metal cutting. 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.

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