0608 PRozects, PLANS TPs BLoo orrcurs FORUM ae iO Making Wooden Window Shutters (General Weodwerking ‘Since | use my workshop to make video. | thought it would be a good opportunity to make woaden blinds to block out the daylight that can making filming problematic. A few years ago, at my old house, | made blinds very similar to these, but they hhad the control rod in the middle of the siat and it was fairy dificult to attach it to the individual slats. The new design puts the ‘control rod over to one side and attaches to a “knuckle” on the end of each slat with a small sorew. To get started, l cut outall of the parts needed for a set: ‘The material used is old 2x4 salvaged from my house, so the wood is well seasoned. Of course, any kind of solid wood can be used to make these, but it must be well dried to avoid warping. Hi say that alot of the work involved in making your own shutters is tedious, since there are many of the same parts. in particular, slats and the knuckles that fasten to the end. | decided to make all of the knuckles for the three sets of blinds at the ‘same time. The first step was to print the template:This template is available here as a printable pdf: Set your print to “actual size” ‘Then I cut strips of 1/4” plywood and taped the ends together to cut them at the right angle on the miter saw:‘The angle is about 84 degrees.Unfortunately, | drt realize just how easy it would be to chip the 1/4” plywood ones. so threw those away and made them from 1/4" hardboard instead:‘They label this “hardboard”, but its actually closer to MDF. | made a simple jig to quickiy mark each one out:‘And used a similar jig to hold the parts while | dried the hole in the right place.After about an hours work, I have al of the knuckles made: Next, the slats need to be rounded on both edges and | used the round over part of an ogee bit:With the router table fence set to the right distance, When that was done, | used my table saw sled to cut them all to the same length:Allof the parts fora set of blinds. ‘Another simple setup to drill the holes in the ends of the slats ‘The holes need to be consistent, and i's not strictly necessary for them to be perfectly placed, since some variation won't make 2 visible difference, and won't have any impact on how the blinds operate,Before going further, | had to cuta rabbet into the top and bottom rail The slats lap over and fit into these. Laying out the siat spacing on the stiles. The slats are 1-1/2" wide, so | went with a 1-3/8" spacing to get some overlap:‘Again, driling accuracy with these is critical, but they should be very close. ‘The pins the slats pivot on are just pieces of 12 gauge steel hanger wie (for t-bar ceilings) cut to about 1” ong. | made a ‘measuring guide from a piece of wood taped onto the pliers:But found that it was much easier to do it with the blind laying flat. could slip the slat pins fully on one stile, then put the other stile in place a slide the pin in part way on that ane, puling it part way out of the other:‘Then it was just to push the loose stile in and drive screws, ‘The control rod couldn't be simpler, it's just a piece of wood cut 1/2" square and screwed to the knuckles:‘The screws are fully tightened, then backed off 1/2 a turn to allow the blinds to operate freely. ‘Since the blinds were custom made to the opening, all had to do was attached them with no mortise hinges and adjust the ft[A stop was put on the bottom of the window jam and an astragal laps the middle. mace some simple wooden pulls and just sled those to the frames. ( = il Finished, They work great, since they allow me to totally cut off the daylight when the cameras recording, and also open to let in the natural daylight when | need it. | made a video going through the build: | also made four longer videos that go through the build for those that would ike to see the process in more detail by clicking here:‘Making Wooden Blinds To View Template, Download Here ktemplatefinder con 1 Download Template (Free) 2 Download PDF - [Free] 10 View POF - Download Here free FREE PLAN AVAILABLE Download the Free Pla Visual WP Website Builder Create deauutul Websites Faster Ton Ever Sefore. Try The #1 Page ler Elementer Pro MORE GREAT PROJECTS Design And Build A Guitar Preamp For solid state guitar amplifers, the preamp is probably the single most important part. It shapes the tone and often ads distortion that Gan enhance the souna you want to create. tis the "user.@ grammarty We're there for you, wherever your writing. goure Making Pancakes! 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