Making Vertical Blinds with Exposed Mechanical Linkage - Woodworking 

John: "Hello?" The phone: "The 90's are calling. They want their blinds back." More details in the build article: ibuildit.ca/projects/making-wooden-vertical-blinds/

Overly complicated, far to expensive and labor intensive, unnessesarily many moving parts. I love it.

I was just sitting here saying, "Wooooowww.." the whole time. Absolutely beautiful work.

Your ability to free hand perfectly straight lines is outstanding.

I never get tired of how John makes what looks like cnc parts by hand instead.

Fantastic, John! Love the mechanical function and you definitely made the right choice in spending the extra time to add all the curves. Looks great!

Holly crap! So much work, so many steps & so much that can go wrong. But you pulled it off beautifully. They look amazing.

I can see the day when John finally goes to sell his house: Buyer taking a tour: "It's all wood.... The doorknob, the light fixtures, the curtains.... The coffee pot is wood.... Who makes a coffee pot out of WOOD?!" Frightened children can be seen in the background clutching each other and weeping uncontrollably. Somewhere outside there is a fire.

Did you know..... If it wasn't for the guy who invented blinds it would be curtains for all of us! :)

The decorator, "interior designer" ladies call that a window treatment. It is definitely a very masculine window treatment. Meticulously done John.

You are Soooooo freaking brilliant! Everything you do looks so simple, so elegant yet so smart. You always seem to find the easiest solution for every task. I'm learning so much watching your videos. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.

Can’t get enough of your ingeniously designed vertical blinds. So sharp. I’m a repeater on this vid, for sure. I love watching the precision of your design execution.

I am in South Africa and on behalf of all South Africans I declare your work phenomenal

That hurt my head. Interesting design, B-E_A_U_T_I_F_U_L CRAFTSMANSHIP, great presentation and once again, more a piece of art than woodworking -- you won't make much on the plans for those but my goodness they turned out GREAT. Thanks John I really enjoyed this.

10:34 "For pins I'm using 2 inch finish nails I clipped to the right length with my pliers... and the good thing about that is that allows the slats to come off fairly quickly if I need to take them off for some reason." I don't know why but the video ending after that sentence made me laugh so hard. Good video 10/10

John I have watched your channels for years and never made a comment. This has been the most satisfying project I have watched from you. I know you have made a lot more complex stuff but for some reason this really hit the mark. Thanks.

I love when makers go above and beyond standard making and come up with clever designs, especially in the mechanical workings. Excellent work John! Thanks for sharing!

Amazing work John. Watching the parts showing up on Instagram this week I was very much anticipating today’s video, very awesome!! Watching you work is just so satisfying and inspirational! Keep it going, you are definitely one of the best!

I was wondering where the Construction Adhesive was going to come in... you never disappoint. It's not a John Heisz build without it!

Give me every possible woodworking tool available to date and an unlimited amount of power. All the wood material at my fingertips and 10 years on a deserted island and I still would not be able to create something like this.

What impressed me most was how you were able to freehand draw center lines on all those boards.

You have incredible patience! Those look grand.

Blinds Master ! 😀 Like always , excellent video. I especially like your workflow and all the little and easy jigs that you use for the repetitive tasks. Well done.👍

I may not need to make a set of blinds but I like that I can take away a lot of things to learn.

I've been watching your videos for many years now, and I have to honestly say that your skill and creativity has never ceased to AMAZE me, John! Thanks for making such great content!!!

Yeah, it's true there is a lot of work into making these, but when you have that kind of skill level it's just something fun to do and they look amazing.

Amazing end result and very informative / instructional video John!

Not only a brilliant idea, a beautiful result and a smile on my face, thanks for that!

Hi John, it never ceases to amaze me the way your mind works, for 99% of us given that problem we would just go and buy something that is mass made and lakes any no originality. While we are out there, being ripped off and losing the little money we have, you looked at the problem and came up with this solution. An excellent video as always and a pleasure to watch a master at work.

John Heisz: the original "Hold my beer" guy.

I’m just blinded by your brilliance again!

Honestly how does your mind work? I am an engineer and the designs you come up with are so out of the box but functional. Bravo

I've been in window coverings for 35 years and I have to hand it to you, you nailed it.

Just incredible! Those are so cool John.

Completely impressed from concept through construction. Well done.

You're like the God of over complicated DIY project! I love it!

They look fantastic installed. Definitely more stylized than anything I saw in the 90's.

These are the vertical blinds that Da Vinci would have had hanging in his house.

very well made, looks awesome! I'd maybe add a handle to it, so you wouldn't have to reach up or twist the slats

Dude, thats badass. I totally approve. very nice work.

That is a thing of beauty sir love the workmanship and the fact that u added extra details that weren't over complicated but occupied ur time well

Those are some skookum blinds! My wife has been bothering me to get some blinds for the windows in the front room, and since I'm still cooped up inside, I may as well take inspiration from this and make my own. I'm thinking I'll make the slats wider (I have nice deep window frames to work with) so there are fewer of them, and I'll make the slats thinner, maybe 3/16 instead of 3/8 so they don't block the view quite as much in the open position. I've got some nice straight maple in 1/4 thickness so I should be able to use that for the slats themselves by running it through the planer. I'll have to see how thin I can get them without warping. A pulley with a cord on it could aid in opening the blinds, too. I noticed with your design, you kind of have to be tall enough to reach the linkage, so I'll need to create a system that allows you to manipulate the linkage with a loop of cord and some pulleys. Thanks for the inspiration!

That much resawing and milling alone, you crazy, mad genius, how do you stay sane. Love the exposed mechanical

Master craftsmanship and the patients of Jobe. Good combination!

I am really surprised where this patience comes from. You are amazing . Your work is perfect

I loved this one!

Organist: "That's a gigantic swell box, how many stops can we build into it?" John: "Sorry mate, it's my home!"

John, I noticed how good you made those curtains , it really stopped the light from coming in , like black out curtains. Way to go.

This is the coolest thing I've seen and I saw a guy drive a homemade scaffold around his shop with a drill motor :)

I'm shocked his sprayer wasn't made of plywood, like everything else he used.

You're insane man! (in a good way) Do you design in your head or on paper/computer? Fantastic, thank you !

Thank you! If you paint white one side and black the other side, you can reflect heat during summer and capture heat during winter. It is a very nice solution for where I live.

That would be a great quarantine project.

Yeah, nothing like making more work for yourself.... turned out great, John!

Oh, I really enjoyed this video.. Genius John, I love how this came out!!

Wow I love this, what a neat look and it’s all natural wood

Best Job ever ... Thank you for sharing and teaching.

Guest: I love these blinds. How much did you pay for them? John: bout a built fifty...

We spend all this time with you and you give us 5 seconds to see the end result. I’m frustrated

Великолепная механика, креатив. не устаю удивляться этим работам. Спасибо за твои видео, ты Гуру! с Уважением из Сибири✊

What a craftsman! Thanks for sharing. Beautiful.

I spent the morning building 4 shelves 16" long for my cans of spray paint I used oak from pallets and my planner, miter saw and router They're done and look good I was feeling pretty good about the project till I saw yours - Ha Ha Ha Beautiful work and I like all the tools you've made thumbs up / subbed

Jak będę miał laboratoria NASA to zbuduję sobie wahadłowiec..... Kurde, chłopie, masz dziesiątki narzędzi i pokazujesz co można zrobić. Większość z nas nie ma nawet wiertarki.!

I'm a halfway decent wood worker but I'm always looking to upgrade my woodworking techniques. I got 2 techniques from this one video. One of which I hadn't thought of before and the other one you do in a better way than I was doing. Thank you. Even though I'm not really interested in building the blinds for my house, thanks for sharing your techniques.

As someone who has installed commercial window coverings for 30 years I gotta say those are pretty cool

Another great video! Whether I build something like this or not, always fun to watch you work and listen to your commentary.

You are going to get a lot of views on this one. Fantastic work!

So much patience. Beautiful

thanks my wife saw this video . now i have to buy a table saw , planer, router, spindle sander, disk sander, dust collector... did i miss any tools .. :)

There's a lot of woodworking videos out there. I really like the way you explain and show your work.

John Heisz is seriously like the Michael Jordan of woodworking. those vertical wood blinds are total badass!

First time seeing this now. John that is amazing! I like them a lot. Looks very Steampunk!

Your free handed lines are fantastic!!

Hello, the truth is that it is a very well done project and it saves a lot of time and money, a greeting and thank you very much.

John, I really like those. This just might be the best project I've seen you do. Thanks for sharing.

Ingenious John. !!! Simply put.

Halfway though the video it goes down a rabbit hole of of making parts, at one point I remember thinking he needs to do something 68 times... all for the love of it.

Wow. Just wow. So much work. Nicely done.

Well done, you and pask are 2 of the finest wood worker that I've seen. Thank you for the wonderful videos

Awesome blinds, great looking woodworkers project!!

I think I've said this before, but you never cease to amaze me John. I have a window upstairs that this would look perfect for. Thank you so much. Eric Kissimmee, Fl.

Man.... the patience you have!! Hats off!

This is a very clean and creative way to solve the vertical blind project... Thanks for sharing!!!.... Greetings from Medellin, Colombia!!!

Real nice. You're a true craftsman. I watch all your videos

That's what I love about your channel John. Original and very creative content. This is gorgeous and so much more attractive than the store-bought plastic or fabric vertical blinds. 100 thumbs up!

The blinds turned out beautiful.

Looks amazing! The creativity is the best way to resolve anything

Watching this video has given me a serious case of workshop envy. You have the ultimate set up going!

Wow they look great. I do however agree with some of the commenters that this is an insane amount of work. Terrific job and very good explanation.

That was beautiful and ingenious. I love the way you explained everything. Really great job.

Incredable amount of acuracy is needed with all those hole/pivots. One of your best builds.

Sir, you truly are the most creative woodworker I've ever discovered on RU-vid. I'm so glad I found your content. I aspire to be building as you do one day! I love all these projects you come up with. It's amazing what you can do with wood when you think outside the box. Limitless possibilities!

Amazing work and concept just perfect John...Thanks Rusty

You are very skillful. This was a rare talent.

Who thumbs downs this? Fantastic work.

That's really cool and every part was hand made

what an excellent idea....good job sir john...watching from mindanao, philippines.

These are the kinds of videos I have a hard time watching cause GOSH DARNIT, JOHN! Stop being so good!! I feel like I have to up my game/skill quite a bit just to be worthy enough to watch your videos 😂. You’re awesome, John. Keep at it.

My wife has suggested we get new blinds I sent her this vid and the conversation did not go in my favor so Im going to be shopping for "window treatments" for the next 6 months before she finally decides to just let me build these. This is an awesome project.

John, this project is over the top! Very clever and outstanding craftsmanship as always. You continue to amaze me with your ideas and execution. One of the best channels on U Tube!