The frames of crank-operated windows have a lump at the bottom that houses the crank and this tends to interfere with any inside-the-jamb blind. A lowered blind will sit crookedly over the crank unless care is taken to lower it precisely the correct distance. Now I don't consider sitting crookedly to be a viable option so to dispense with the requirement for precision lowering I made a pair of blind supports that hold the bottom of a fully-lowered blind at the correct height to clear the crank.
I had made a nice simple pair of supports many a year ago - too insignificant to rate a web page - but they didn't actually work particularly well; they had rounded tops which resulted in the bottom rail of the blind sometimes just slipping off. I was looking for a project and making a better version of the blind supports seemed to be an excellent way to waste my time.
I wanted to do a bit of carving so that meant something on the more-ornate end and ultimately the new supports
were made in a Grecian Ionic column style although they are rather more squat than what one might find in say, Athens. But the all-important top design cradles the bottom of the blind for a secure hold, devoid of the old slippage problem.
| Material: | Maple |
| Construction: | Turned and carved |
| Finish: | 3 coats Miniwax Fast-Dry Poly, Clear Satin |
| Size: | 1.45" square x 2.65" tall |
| Done: | Feb 4, 2023 |
