28-07-2022, 05:07 PM
Ian, my Ruby is a Mk1 too and did not have the advantage of existing interior details to replicate and so I too followed the principles of those shown on the Cornwall A7 paper.
I attach three rather poor photos of my finished blind.
I have three panels in my blind with two folds sewn into the blind equi-spaced and a pocket at the bottom. In the two middle folds there is a wooden dowel inserted and in the end of each of both dowels there is a screw eye which the side chords pass through.
In the bottom pocket I have inserted a steel tube with a screw eye epoxy glued into each end, this metal tube at the adds weight which helps the blind "fall" nicely when the blind is released
I have not passed the side chords through the material, the screw eyes at the ends of the dowels and metal rod extend just beyond the blind fabric and slide up and down on the fixed side chords.
I cannot claim that this is entirely "correct" but whilst the pics may be poor quality the finished job, I think, looks pretty neat and does work.
I attach three rather poor photos of my finished blind.
I have three panels in my blind with two folds sewn into the blind equi-spaced and a pocket at the bottom. In the two middle folds there is a wooden dowel inserted and in the end of each of both dowels there is a screw eye which the side chords pass through.
In the bottom pocket I have inserted a steel tube with a screw eye epoxy glued into each end, this metal tube at the adds weight which helps the blind "fall" nicely when the blind is released
I have not passed the side chords through the material, the screw eyes at the ends of the dowels and metal rod extend just beyond the blind fabric and slide up and down on the fixed side chords.
I cannot claim that this is entirely "correct" but whilst the pics may be poor quality the finished job, I think, looks pretty neat and does work.