📐 Pack of 2 Malco FCG2 Overlap Gauge Set for Fiber Cement Siding Review

This tool has allowed me to dress up my entire garage without help. It is well designed and built. I found the most effective way to use it was to hang a coat hanger about 3 feet from each end of the item to be hung. Place the piece on two hangers and then nail one end with a nail. Remove this hanger by sliding it up and away from the nail. Go to the other end and remove the shackle while holding the end with one hand. Nail gun, drive a nail on this end, then across the board, one nail per post

I bought these gauges to help me install fiber cement siding on a barn I am finishing. I didn't want to spend $60 on a set of sensors that I'll probably never use again. I was watching videos on YouTube about making homemade sensors when I came across them. They only cost about $20 but I wasn't sure if they would work as I haven't seen anyone use them in any of the YouTube videos I've watched about installing fiber cement board but they did have worked. You just have to make sure the teeth are…

I used them with Hardieplank. At first glance I thought the top of the nailed side panel had slipped into a deep indentation. But it didn't fit to be 3/8. I thought they sent me the wrong size Harideplank. Then I watched the video and saw that it should be attached. It may not seem like "buy" is enough to hold a 12ft board, but they work great for me. Depending on how firmly the board is nailed to the skin. Most of the time I had to take a hammer and tap the attached board to get them to…

Illustration (1 yellow) Shows correct placement of hardboard. The pattern (2 in orange) is not for assembly, it is for removing the gimbal after nailing it. Figure (3) shows the button that needs to be pressed to release the clip from the fiber cement siding. Picture (4) shows 3 prongs/prongs or whatever you want to call them, but the middle one is longer and designed to slide behind the underside of the siding, while those on each side simply sit on top of the existing siding. When properly…