Plantation Shutters

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Solid cherry plantation shutters I built for my dining room.
 

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Those look great. I have the bits and material to make them, but lack the motivation right now for some reason
 
Those look terrific.  I have contemplated trying this but can't get my brain wrapped around the steps required.  Could you provide just a short synopsis of the steps involved?
 
Very nice work. Did you use the Rockler kit or something different? I built some for the front windows of my house a couple of weeks ago using the Rockler kit, and Dominos for the joints.  It was really quite easy to end up with a nice result.
 
JBag09 said:
Those look great. I have the bits and material to make them, but lack the motivation right now for some reason
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I'm currently making my own plantation shutters. What bits are you using because the hardest part for me has been the louvers. I've had to do some extra sanding to get the curve I want. I definitely didn't set the depth right, just couldn't figure it out.

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Bob MN said:
Solid cherry plantation shutters I built for my dining room.
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And those look absolutely amazing! I wish mine weren't being painted, but I lost that battle  [unsure]
 
Gnovice17 said:
Those look terrific.  I have contemplated trying this but can't get my brain wrapped around the steps required.  Could you provide just a short synopsis of the steps involved?
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It was a very involved project. I used the Rockler jig. I made the louvers from scratch, which was quite involved. Resawing thicker boards, planing to 3/8", rounding over edges, cutting to length, sanding edges to final shape, drilling end holes. Whew!! and that was just the louvers!The frame is very straight forward. Domino joints. Half lap between the the two inside stiles. When u apply the finish, if u don't have one, get a sprayer. I hand applied. a lot more tedious! 
 
Check out Marc Sommerfeld's video and his new router bits for making louvered shutters for some inspiration.  Bill
 
Billedis said:
Check out Marc Sommerfeld's video and his new router bits for making louvered shutters for some inspiration.  Bill
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His bits look exactly like the Rockler bit except yellow instead of blue and a little cheaper for the set.
The control arm fasteners also look identical. 

 
Your shutters look great!  I built painted shutters for all 5 bedrooms in our last house.  I used several different sources for bits.  The louvers were tapered somewhat like a raised panel.  That took a special setup on the router table.  I made them of 1/2 mdf which eliminated a lot of planning but added a lot to the painting.  I made some of softwood and poplar because I put one louver in the middle of each that was screwed in place to help keep the sides straight.  I think I still have at least some of the jigs.  fastening the staples partway into the louvers was a tricky aspect. 

I sprayed mine with a mini mite 3 stage using tinted Resisthane and a compatible primer sold by Hood Finishing.  Dries fast and easy to spray.  Water based so cleanup is easy.
 
[member=41633]Staniam[/member]

Looks great. What type of wood did you use? Considering building some for my own home. Thanks.
 
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[member=41633]Staniam[/member]

Looks great. What type of wood did you use? Considering building some for my own home. Thanks.
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[member=40924]BMAC[/member] I used red wood. Ordered some true dimension from the Home Depot pro desk. My Dad actually started them more than 10 years ago for my step mom and stopped after making after one panel for some reason. I moved back to my home town a few months ago and noticed them in my parents garage and decided to help my Dad finish them. We've done 6 now and just need to router out the control rod grooves and paint.
 
[member=41633]Staniam[/member]

I thought so, but really wasn't sure on the species of wood used. Please post some pictures when you get them painted.

I'm not sure what materials I'll use for mine (when I get some spare time...). I'm thinking using poplar for the rails and stiles and maybe MDF for the louvres, but still am undecided on which way to go. They will be installed in my walk out basement that I'm in the throes of completing renos and I'll be painting them so that they match the ones that were in our house already on the upper floor.

I'm open to opinions from the members here on FOG that have also built shutters and painted them and any issues of warping, etc.
 
I'll be matching the shutters on my upper floor as attached
 

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[member=41633]Staniam[/member]

I thought so, but really wasn't sure on the species of wood used. Please post some pictures when you get them painted.

I'm not sure what materials I'll use for mine (when I get some spare time...). I'm thinking using poplar for the rails and stiles and maybe MDF for the louvres, but still am undecided on which way to go. They will be installed in my walk out basement that I'm in the throes of completing renos and I'll be painting them so that they match the ones that were in our house already on the upper floor.

I'm open to opinions from the members here on FOG that have also built shutters and painted them and any issues of warping, etc.
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Man I never thought about using MDF for the louvers. That's a really good idea. If you're interested [member=40924]BMAC[/member]  we used the Woodline shutter router kit. We had a hard time with the louvers, routing them at least. We had to do at Fair amount of sanding to finish them off. Also, attaching the control rod was tricky. Here's at video of two jigs I came up with for applying the staples. It's on my Instagram so hopefully you can see it...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBvkpqMIHSR/

 
[member=41633]Staniam[/member] the staple jig that you made is brilliant! Simple, inexpensive and it does the job perfectly! Great idea, thanks for sharing.

Thanks also for the lead on the Woodline shutter router kit, I'll check it out.

Cheers!
 
[member=40924]BMAC[/member] thanks! You could probably find a better router set now a days, afterall, that set is probably 12 years old; but it did well. I think if we just put more thought into the routing process we would have gotten better results and not had to sand as much.

Anyways, whenever it comes time for you to get started on the project please be sure to post pictures!
 
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