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Miche Hacks
United States
Приєднався 18 бер 2018
Miche Hacks features Ms. Miche using ingenuity and life hacks to "MacGuyver" every day elements and rarer matters.
Quick & Cheap POSTAGE STAMP DISPENSER DIY
Don’t keep a roll of stamps in your desk drawer in a way that they can unfurl all over the place. And don’t spend a bunch of money on a postage stamp dispenser from the stationary store or online. Make your own for around 25¢! All it takes is a trip to the dollar store and a few minutes at home.
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Відео
Blind shortening creating a custom length
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How to shorten cordless faux wood blinds
Best tutorial I could find! I purchased a blind that apparently had been returned from another customer and it did not have instructions with it! This tutorial was so easy to follow and so informative. Much better than the manufacturer's instructions that were online! I appreciate that you shared this info! I was so frustrated with all the others that I checked out. None of them gave me what I needed! Thank you so much!
Very helpful
Bravo! I was looking for a way to corral my kitchen food labels for my freezer meals. You have inspired me.
Thank you very much for this idea. 🙂
Superb tutorial. I'm completely empowered after watching your video. Thanks for taking the time to make this video for me!
Just what I was looking for. After cutting mine the cords shot up inside the mechanism and I heard the horrific sound of springs unwinding . I took the blinds down removed the mechanisms, opened them and then rewound and resprang them. The process took over two hours. My other half then held the tension on all three cords while I restrang each slat. I promised I would find an easier way and ran across your video. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Very smart
Thank you!!!
Those slats usually will just snap into and fall out
THANK YOU! Brilliant
wow, thanks so much!
Good demo!
thank you!
Thank you!!
you're very welcome
Love your calming voice sounds Canadian to me ,,thank you this a great video
Hi Bill, thanks for the complement. I am actually originally from Canada, but been living in the states for a looooong time. :-)
Thank you! Your video is very helpful. You have explained step-by-step far better than those professionals because professionals explains way too fast and hard to catch with them. God bless you.
Thank you for the the lovely comment and for the blessing. (。◕‿◕。)
Sad she did not use another approach where she could save a couple slats in case of damage (read :CATS) At around eleven she started snipping all the extra ladder rung- then cut off the entire excess???? Weird!
good points. I did keep some of the slats for other uses. For example in some projects where I need a "spacer" or to stir paint in a can when I don't have paint sticks (or to re-purpose them that way so as not to waste precious paint sticks unnecessarily). thanks for your comment.
I would not leave extra slats at the bottom; trying to tilt so many useless stacked slats stresses the angle mechanism at the top of the blinds. Over time the gears will strip up there and you lose your ability to tilt your slats. And who needs that! My bedroom installation whenever a previous renter or manager did not take off the excess slats- and I had to tug on my ladder string to assist angle adjustment. Removing the extra slats helps, but sometime the blinds still have trouble. Manager wanted to replace with another kind of blind, but they forgot about it. Nice thing is, they can't tell I fixed it.
Yes, I supposed I left the extra slats just in case something went awry, but really, I had no other reason to.
What happened to the excess center cord?
not exactly sure what you mean, but maybe the answer is that the slack just gets taken up naturally?
You’re a real hero - taking the time to make this video to help others. Wish UA-cam has a “send a tip” option so I could throw a few bucks in your change bucket :)
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Excellent job and video! Wish I had seen it before destroying my first blind.!👍👍
aw, thanks. Live and learn, i'm probably older than you, lol.
15 years ago I custom cut a big group of the old style mini blinds to fit a 1964 Chris Craft Cabin Cruiser to the best of my knowledge the newer owners still are using all of them currently no instructions or UA-cam videos just me rum and some cursing FYI boat windows are often triangular and tapered on multiple sides I wanted full privacy And got it
good for you for figuring all of that out! light or dark rum? 😉
Great Video. I loved the way you took the time to explain everything. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Thank you, your video was helpful. I also wanted to see how a cordless blind went up & down & sure enough you demonstrated that too!! Yes!
Glad it was helpful!
Wish I had seen this sooner, I paid nearly $90 for one blind, decided to shorten it and cut one of the cords that's tensioned for lifting and lowering of the blind, well as soon as I did that, the tensioned cord got "sucked" up into the main spring mechanism never to be seen again. It rendered my blind useless I was P.O'd for sure but learned a valuable lesson... ALWAYS research and don't assume you know what you're doing (unless you actually do)
well said.
good video
thank you!
thank you!
You're welcome!
The directions state that if more than 5 slats are removed it could have an effect on the performance of the blinds. Have you had any issues?
No I have not have any issues. But the blinds are mostly in the down position and only the slats get tilted.
Just followed your directions and my blinds look great...thank you for posting this, it's the best video out there!
Glad you enjoyed it!
One of the best videos I have seen, thanks!
Oh my, such a wonderful complement. thank you!
I need to know how to shorten cordless blinds that don't have a plug
not sure about this one.
Thank you! So easy to understand!!!!!
So glad that my "overexplaining" is useful to some!
Thank you so much for this information!! Very easy to understand :)
glad to be of assistance
Thank you! I would have made so many mistakes without your great video.
yay!
I wish I had watched this video before I ruined my blinds😭
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Thanks for the tutorial. I had repacked my blinds to return them after the directions read “these blinds cannot be shortened”. Then I found your great video. Shortened them perfectly. Bravo!!!
yay!
Nice!!👍🏽
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Thanks a million! My blinds look so much better now! :)
:-)
Thank you! You are so awesome!!
wow. thank you.
It's ridiculous how my kitchen window blinds I purchased at the standard 35-in width store bought have to come with 8,500 ft of length to them! I mean really? I threw away over half of the mini blind after shortening it.
yes, I know. I guess it's easier for the manufacturer to do this rather than package a gazillion lengths. I keep the slats to use for other "MacGuyver-ing" lol.
Tying the knot at the very end is also Genius as I just fought forever it felt with 2 loose ends working with a terrible bad back.
Best easy to follow video ever and you rock out that fur coat!!!
thanks, Doug. That's so kind of you to say!
That is a lot of extra trouble to shorten the blinds give me the corded ones anytime I could do them in less than 5 minutes.
Thank you so much!! Remove 9 slats and finished up in about 20 minutes thanks to your video... the rest are going to be a breeze!!!
yes!
Great instructions, thanks!
you're welcome
Could not have done this without this video. Much better that the manufacturer's video. Thank you.
Thank u sooo much. I figure during this quarantine i can finally have time to do this ! Excellent video !
Finally found a video to help me with shortening my blinds! Thank you for taking the time to do this!
Thank you for your help. Not sure if it was already mentioned but that "snap cut" tool is for pruning
Hi. No, noone has mentioned that about the snap cut. Pruning? really? I thought it was for cutting small tile or something. Can't believe it's a gardening tool!
Thank you!
Thank you for posting... A big help
9:00 I was excited to hear her start to explain how the blinds work and 15 seconds later I was instantly disappointed in her generic explanation. Loved the video.