I will be installing 1 x 6 red cedar siding vertically to a building with a full height bay of 11′. The client wants a “flush” look, no corner boards, window casings, ect. The bay “corners” are 30 degrees so each pair of boards will be ripped at 15 degrees. The material is 3/4″ thick. I would like to spline these 11′ joints but can’t figure how to safely/accurately make the cuts. Anybody??
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hmmm...
Do you mean to say you want to spline the 15* rip corners? If so I suppose you could build a jig that would hold a router body fitted with a slot cutter perpendicular to the bevel Sure seems like over kill though, I'd kick around some other ideas first. Glue maybe.
I would assume that you will be assembing these in the shop?
There's a 30 degree lock mitre in a set from Sommerfeld which you could do easily, solidly, and safely on a router table:
http://www.digitalmarketing1.com/images/pdf/2012-Sommerfeld-Dealer.pdf
...or just make the spline and kerfs on a table saw. Unless the job is ultra high end and budget allowed for tooling up for first option, then I'd opt for the table saw solution.