Best tool for cutting / resizing blinds ?

TBH scissors - IME they never roll up straight enough for you to notice a "slightly wavy" cut edge

JimK

Depends on what type of blinds, on the wild assumption that they are Venetian blinds, you can get slat cutters ...

Angle grinder, obviously.

Decent sharp scissors will cut plastic ally or wood slats. The housing and bottom part will need a hacksaw, etc.

Actually no: BTDTGTTS :-(

We also did some wooden venetians that needed trimming - I ended up clamping the lot in a vice (like a pack of cards) and cutting through them all at once with a fine hacksaw - quick sand of any remaining marks/splinters and twas OK..

JimK

they were closed, opened them up and cut each slat with a pair of scissors. If you want to go the whole hog, a little 45 degree cut at each corner will tidy them up.

SteveW

that is used for cutting fabric ..Dressmakers suppliers sell them ..Try jaycotts . They are like the ones you get for trimming wallpaper

For slatted ones, I usually tape em into a lump and chop them with the SCMS. The carbide tipped blade will go through pretty much anything if you take it gently.

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Oh come on, guys - BTDTGTTS ???!!! .... and SCMS?????

Rob

Any internet anacronym that you don't know, chuck it into google search and you will usually find the answer.

I didn't know those two either, 30 secs in google I now know what they are.

To the OP,

If they are wooden ones like from Ikea.

A compound mitre saw (SCMS) no need to be sliding if your saw can accomodate the blinds width when all squashed together. I'd clamp both ends tight together first though. You want to take 2 cm off each end otherwise they won't be symetrical.

Best blind trimmer is a cat. I don't know the url, somewhere on icanhascheezburger.com. Produces perfectly aligned edges.

NT

Been There, Done That, Got The Tee Shirt, and Sliding Compound Mitre Saw.

Sliding Compound Mitre Saw ?

what a let down

Your version was obviously better ;-)

Just to clarify matters I intend to put up bog standard roller blinds ! ;-)

scissors then, or straight edge and a knife ;-)

TFFT! At last we know!

Junior hacksaw for the tube & bottom strip.

Wallpapering scissors are the best - nice long blades give a straight cut. Mark it out in soft pencil & a straight edge.