Okey kokey Bin a while but managed a day in t't shed.
Back on the thwinders, or at least the blinds for the blinding of.................
So this was the ole and a cunning pencil line shows where I dragged the router to create a rabbet for the blind. Lots of chopping out the bottom rail and shaping of the top rail to accept the shaped blind handle/rail; wot iz wot ive been making today.
Painted it black to hide the mistakes and threw in a length or two of black brush strip to make it slidey.
Now the tops square and the bottoms round so as usual I had to come up with some overly complicated solution to keep the light out.
It would have been much easier if the blinds had dropped down from the square top but up as it was they had to drop up and the frames looked stupid upside down.
First job was to cut up the oak Id used (and filled with screw holes) earlier for the temporary bed bracing.
Bout this size for the little ens with a scoop no less.
Int it funny how a thin bit of board can hide a durdy great knot
Then a rabbet on the back to accept the plywood.
Rinse and repeat
Then a sort of continuation of said plywood to keep the bottom tidy when open but cause no end of issues when closed. Just for pretty you understand. So off with these bits...........
and these.............
Then a trial fit to see if the desired gorgeousness is achieved.
With the ply slung on the back I can start to envisage the finish.
The yellow bits wont be scraps (eventually) but will be the 3mm ply lining with a bit of fancy oak window frame seamlessly planted round it.
That was it for today and on the morrow I'll be doing a little job up the road but with a bit of luck these little bits should be complete over the next few days and I can start lining the ruddy thing.
No idea how I'm going to do the window in the door yet as it'll be constructed differently so it might just be curtins.
