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Shutter Factory Tour
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" Well restoring houses always challenge but what you have to figure out what kind of trim and shutters and aren't you know. Not easy -- shutters now but at least we had a style that go by yet we found this -- backup and a wall where. This is where the original it he knows that shutters. It's a raised panel -- here's the top rail. You can see where this song validate they put an addition on the back about that is shut the shutters into the window sawed off. Really. But you know we can't make these on site and we're fortunate enough in Charleston have a millwork at withers industries that make scholar. Period checkers that watch."
" Bob this is the Wilson -- and -- Wilson let me are -- the -- men here if there. What did you these are replicas of the ones that we're talking about an -- You want to take you through the geography that part of the gutter are the shutters that -- for itself what -- Stiles with a vertical parks -- the rail with oracle forms -- top and bottom in -- people real. And we put these together. We use a mortise and Tenon joint lieutenant -- with. So when you see you fit in the rail you're actually. Cutting the the mail piece that -- doing. On one machine yeah. And then when you talk about the mortgage. The corresponding piece is that -- we have a -- because -- have a tendency. Which all of this -- a mock up or rather than actual sample recommend doing this to set up. And we set it up for the fit very fight fight this. And that is that type mortise and -- I don't do that well we do that's we don't have to worry about glue it and and we put it together with staples. You know -- you -- Now the slots are all. Run right through the -- how do you cut the we do have a radio -- so they -- You know Bob away. Goodbyes and thanks to back and saw an affidavit made with the radio on. It was a pretty old grip you'll. Forget about what you've -- we'll have this type -- thing."
" There's lots of -- food got to be expensive work pretty neighborhood. For the us with the something. -- More contemporary you've got the the slot directly led in right into the Stiles and you don't need any moldings applied. So we've had to make me weak and that's obviously we have before philosophy. It cuts out slot for the and they go pat and these from the side they're held together and close -- going naked and again you know blue. It's going fight these are also fairly quietly helpful. -- what about the --"
" So have these been made it. In the old fashioned way exactly the way the original for having all the construction exactly the same we've just got modern school."
" How do you go about crafting. Raised panel like this. All the old days the -- Playing those back pain and take a name planner or -- all -- and now we safer are probably fit your -- but it still works group. We just run around all boards. -- god again you put that altogether without any glue. -- let's. Let's get started I didn't do it always thought center. Which scenario. And -- panels. The next rail over here. And the other panel here. And the top -- And you drop this on the -- And no -- Pretty nice. Thanks for the tour Wilson a --"
" So just about all the hardware there were using to hang the shutters is -- like -- salvage old hardware like these shutter dogs. And they match the original the left -- now -- a lot of treasures in Charleston."
