re: Post your Woodworking Projects

My house is board on board cedar, and the shutters just got mailed in by whoever built the house. My wife and I priced bahama blinds, and I figured, “Hey I’m broke. I’ll make my own.” I found a design that I thought would look cool, so I took a crack at it.

I made a practice blind for the laundry room on a side of the house that wouldn’t be very noticeable from the street. It came out ok.

I’m not proud of this, but anyway



After I hung it, I realized the spacing was wrong and the build quality was poor.



I stained it, just to get an idea of how that would look. It didn’t help with the spacing, but it helped make a decision about the finish.

I regrouped and redoubled my efforts, mainly by buying a miter saw instead of making all the GD 45° angle cuts with a miter box and a hand saw. So, I rebuilt it along with some for other windows and a couple for the bay windows.

I started on May 4th



1.5” end cap



Lots



74” x 50”



Laundry room windows
38”x40”



Bay windows
38”x26”



Sanded and stained the caps
Gonna glue and nail them on tonight





Because I’ve been told never to toss scrap (I respect wood), I used the old shutters to make a one of a kind authentic replica Masters driving range waste receptacle for the patrons




I also used them to close in my smoke island



90% done



Anyway, I think what we all learned is that miter saw>miter box/hand saw.

Happy Mother’s Day baws

Love,


Net