The Woodpecker Ep 296 - How to cut and install zebra blinds

Renée wanted zebra blinds in our living-room. I looked around on KZbin to find out how to cut them to width without any luck. So I had to figure it all out by myself. It's the reason why I edited this video, to make sure you won't have to make experiemnts like I did.
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Alain Vaillancourt 2023
Music:
Whiskey on the Mississippi - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@hdwoodshop]

Happy wife =Happy life Hope you and Renee are enjoying the thaw of spring. Take care Alain! Thanks for sharing your video.

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

Yes. Renée is helping me a lot, so I'm always happy to do something for her... These day since my elbow hurts when I'm lifting heady stuff, I haven't done much work in the shop, at least not stuff that involve lifting heavy pieces of wood. So I'm programming her a custom genealogical program. I promised her that for years. So now the main part is working I only have to do the icing she wants for specialized reports and searches. Not a lot of woodworking involve but she's happy that's what count.

[@ximegg6580]

Great video thanks

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

You're welcome, I hope this will help you. Like I said I was unable to find a good video on this subject on KZbin so I made my own to share.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice work on the zebra blinds Alain! i'm sure Renee is happy to get them up on the windows :) Thanks for always sharing with us!💖👍😎JP

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

Yes she's very happy of her blind, this is the most important thing.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

@@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker 😎

[@mercwear]

Glad to see you back after the channel issues!!

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

I'm glad to be back. This was one of the videos that was already ready to be published. So I'm double happy that I was able to publish it.

[@AndreaArzensek]

Blinds are nice but I like living like in Netherlands 😂 I hope your elbow gets better soon! Best regards to you and Renee ❤

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

Those are mostly for snoopy neighbour at night, they don't cut the sunlight when their down. I was getting better I even started modifying my very first piece of furniture I made 30 years ago. Then I lifted heavy pieces of wood and the pain came back. So I took annoter break of the shop, I will arrive at the end of my edited episodes soon, by not doing a lot. But I still have more episodes with not a lot of heavy woodworking... But I took this opportunity of not being able to do much in the shop to please Renée and program her a genealogical program, none of the ones on the market were to her liking....

[@jakematic]

Lots of work but wonderful result! Hope the elbow is better soon.

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

Thank you. I hope so also. It was better a couple of weeks ago, I started modifying a piece of furniture I made 30 years ago, But I lifted some heavy pieces of wood and the pain was back.. So I kept doing not much, it's hard not doing what I really want to do....

[@jakematic]

@@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker the little things get me too. Our bodies show the age even when the mind say we are 20 still!

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

I know it's hard getting older. And I know I'm in better shape then friends I had at work who are younger than me.

[@timberdish]

Great job Alain! I've not seen these types of blinds before but I can see that they are super cool! Very interesting, and thanks for the helpful how-to!

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

They're quite common around here, but no video on the net on how to cut them to length....

[@peter_kelly]

Zebra shades are easy to come by in the US, just rare that you ever see them installed in anyone's home.

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

Yes almost everyone in our street have zebra blinds, but like you said I was unable to find a video on how to cut them to width. It's the only reason why I did this video, probably none of my subscriberd will be interested in this, but maybe other people?

[@johnnickerson3215]

Not typical, but very informative Alain.

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

Thank you

[@jonathancook4022]

Please tidy your shop! I'll be having nightmares about it!

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

You're not the only one who's having nightmare.... I'm waiting to finish my TV cabinet to do exactly this. But I've been postponing it for months, if I lift something too heavy my elbow hurts, so I only do small stuff in the shop, to my great despair.... Hopefully I will get better soon.. I was pretty good before moving around the cherry planks I cut last January....

[@jonathancook4022]

@@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker I am sorry if I have complained! I hope your elbow gets better, or better still, you find a willing helper!

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

This didn't feel as a complain more like stating the fact. I will get better, but unlike when I was 20 years old this takes more time

[@jacilynns6330]

I’ve never seen those before. Not something I’ll ever use myself since they don’t block any light.

[@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker]

They're not intended for a bedroom that's for sure, it's only to block the view of snoopy neighbours at night when the lights are on inside the house