How to cut cedar shakes Tip???

are you talking about gauging the shingles as you install them? I used to use chalk lines to set the bottom of the shingle on top of the prior run.

-- Paul, Duvall, WA

Use a Froe

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Arlin

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Guys, I’m talking about doing this in a valley as they rise by the course. Not making my own shingles. Or a straight run. Should have read my own question before posting to see it was not complete. Had alot more info in my original post.

-- ***Pat*** Rookie woodworker looking for an education!!!

Do you mean the distance between rows, so you get a straight line and each line is the same distance apart and it doesn’t look like a drunk laid the shingles? If so, then how about a clapgoard gauge? Stanley made one if you like old tools or you can make your own with a couple of scrap pieces of wood.

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-- ***Pat*** Rookie woodworker looking for an education!!!

I have a reveal gauge on the bottom of my Senco roofing nailer.

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