A couple of days ago I discovered that my land line wasn't working. I don't use it much, so I've no idea how long it's been like that. As I waited in for the engineer this morning, my water went off too! Fortunately both were restored pretty quickly. The phone was a faulty connection in the green box over the road and I have no idea what the water was about, there were no workmen in the street as far as I could see.
So once the phone was fixed I went down to the workshop.
I've not replaced the blades in my P/T since I got it back and they are decidedly in need of some TLC. I'd sent them off on Monday and today I decided to fit a new set. These are a bit wider than the originals, not by much but enough for them to be unable to sit far enough down. It's my own fault I swapped the original springs for some home-made ones many years ago, I can't remember why but there was a good reason, but now the new ones don't compress quite enough to accommodate these wider knives.
I have a little jar of springs. They are mainly from handwash bottles, but they were all too big. So I cannibalised a couple of ball-point pens and it worked fine. Took me forever though.
Then I turned my attention to that shutter.
The problem is twofold. the LH trim leans slightly to the left, and the RH trim leans slightly to the right. The result is a noticeably bigger gap at the top than at the bottom. So I cut through the caulk with a multi-tool
and removed the trim
Fortunately it came off easily enough without damage, so I was able to re-use it. I didn't replace the RH one, it wasn't as far out. So I painted the turn-buttons and whilst the paint was drying I fitted the last shutter
I think it looks rather good.