wood shingles

[art3427]

I'm in the process of building a couple of log cabin birdhouses. I want to use wood shingles on the roof. I prefer a rough sawn face, so that leaves out cutting iron-on edge banding into short lengths. The shingles need to be about 3/4" X 1 1/2." I've got a bunch of cedar scraps lying around I plan to use as raw material.

Anyone got an idea on how I can cut these things? Will probably need up-wards of 500 to get the job done. To install I plan to put a dab of TB3 on the back followed by a dot of hot melt to "clamp" it in place.

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[downyonder]

i did that not to long ago i use my band saw. tilt the table enough to spilt the pieces of wood at an angle threw the midle. than cut the 3\4 " size that ya want.
does that sound good?

[sawduster]

Resaw the cedar to twice the thickness you want and twice the width of the individual shingles and maybe six or ten inches long, then hand split them with a chisel and mallot. Finally rip them to final width and cut to length.