Thanks man! I struggle with flying through it or explaining what I did... not all folks want to hear me talk. Haha. There are certainly quicker and easier ways to do it, but these are up and doing well!
Thanks man! Over here in West Cincy and promised the wife i'd get rid of her cheesy builder grade shutters and build some cedar units exactly like this. So this vid was perfect, wasn't thinking about lapping them.
Ah, I can almost smell the cedar. I like your chalk marking for the dado cuts and the block you screwed down to make all the repetitive cuts. This is elementary for someone like you but for someone just learning, it’s great to have it laid out.
Hello I like a lot those old type of shutters that we once had so much on our island. Look like the ones you have made. In the 70's many moved to wooden shuters with wooden blinds. Now aluminium ones. I would like to see if possible an nice way to transform wooden shutters with blinds into something like with no blinds trying to keep as much wood from the old ones. I hate the blinds cause it is difficult to sand and restore / refresh. Many thanks!
I always wanted to remove the plastic fake shutters and make or buy true huricane shutters for my windows. I live on the gulf of Mexico so anything that make my house prettier and safer is ok with me. Now I know how.
Are your boards 1x6s or 1x4s? Is the horizontal strip across the front of the shutters or supposed to be support for the back? I've never seen the fronts look like that so not clear there.
God Job. I did shutters but I’ve been looking for someone who left the the boards at 7in width with a 3.5 in width in the middle. I don’t have a table saw.
I’m about to make some shutter for my house that dato trick was the best. I’m Looking for cedar or cypress wood. My shutters will have direct sunlight as the sun rises and sets on the same side. Any suggestions on a good clear coat to help from fading fast?
I used spar urethane. Pretty much anything you put on them is going to need touched up from time to time just like a deck. These shutters are still up and look as good as they did they day I put them up and have not yet needed a new coat.
I was teaching myself Sketchup. I found it a bit challenging because I was coming from an AutoCAD background. There was certain things that I was used to doing in AutoCAD that was done differently in Sketchup that I had to unlearn and then relearn. Then I got busy with moving and then building my own homestead, I just haven't had the time to get back on it.
Now the client just has to paint or replace that yellow vinyl siding and they’ll be all set! Lol. I’d suggest a dark navy; nothing looks better against natural cedar imo.
The glue would have failed once the panels expanded and been exposed to the elements. You especially don't want to glue across the grain or you get instant failure or cupping. These are up and doing fantastic!
