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People brought this frame and metal bars for wife to put stained glass in. The clear glass was busted and gone. My problem is the frame is pressed cardboard and the new weight with metal frame and glass is 18.5 lbs. They are wanting the metal bar thing back on the frame after the stained glass is installed?? The first thing I did was install some 1/8" BB on the complete back side of the frame then for the hanger screws I drilled through the frame to the inside and counter sunk a couple of small bolts with eyes for the chain. Now hoping the 1" wide frame with a flat head on the inside of the frame going through a 1/8" hole with holes in the outside ends for the chain has enough strentgh to hold the weight. I hope will be strong enough so we won't get a come back all busted up. The finished glass in the window and the second picture is with the metal fancy cover installed is dull looking for it is inside and not in the window. Second picture is inside so the glass don't show up but it has the metal thing laying there but not screwed down yet.. Problem here, the metal frame was originally installed inside the wood frame. I just flipped it over so it will go one the outside of the frame leaving a smooth surface for the glass to lay on. But now if I drill small holes for the metal frame to be attached back and having to use the same holes only on the other side of the wood, the holes thats is already have been enlarged so the new holes to be drilled will have to have tooth picks with glue inserted in the holes to make them smaller... So since someone did not explain all this extra work on the frame to make it stout enough and how the metal front has to go on the outside of the frame in the same worn out holes I hope I have prepared it all so they will be happy and wife won't have to repair a bunch of busted glass. So the moral of this story is when dealing with customers, let them know what all has to be done before they get their things back. And there is no sense for something going back to the customer until you re completely satisfied with your work. I think the going price for each piece of glass installed is 10.00 I sure hope wife mentioned this to the owners.. smallpatch
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butterfly with his head on his shoulders
Smallpatch posted a gallery image in Small Crafts, Boxes, Picture Frames, and Lighting
From the album: Butterfly with his head on his shoulders
This is it with two different looks on the same side. And then the back side looks like a different butterfly but ain't- 1 comment
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Delivered the finished frame ordered by a friend of Mimi's. Their design and choice of wood. I used threaded inserts and bolts to attach the frame to the base in case the glass ever needed repaired Those are the only metal fasteners used in the build. All four edges of the glass set in dados. I modified the original design from 3/4" thick base material to 3/8" thick material. The holder is designed to set on a window sill. To reinforce the top 45° miters, I used a cherry spline. It sort of matches the staff color in the design. I'm told this symbol is called a Caduceus. The Sketchup drawing for the customer- The finished piece-
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Nothing unusual about us for nothing is completed when promised.. So we both worked in our shops for our 57th year together...I guess it keeps us out of the beer joints!!! Well at least I run out of used pine I had saved from tearing down the big bird house and switched over to maple for the stands of the many many Nativity scenes she is still making . At least the maple only takes a couple of coats of finish where the pine took buckets of paint before it started building up enough to stop and do something else... Still fighting my new dentures. I had my teeth pulled and dentures installed all in one day about 54 or or more years ago. That was not a recorded venture so trying to put two and two together for a time and since my one ones were wore out some 20 years ago I sure been dreading fighting a new set.........I was watching an elderly lady sky diving on tv and her top plate fell out of her mouth and just thought to myself she will have much more pain fighting the new set than if her chute don't open ... I
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Its hard to stay up with her when she is feeling good.! 60-40 solder when we moved here in 99 was 3.95 each if you bought 12 rolls at a time. Now its 18.95 but don't think she has gone up in her charges near that much. I'm using used 2x4"s for the bases that came from my cocatiel bird house. This one is going to Houston.
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Can't say I'm half way through but at least I'm started on her stained glass Nativity Scenes. A little brighter color with clear lacquer. Each stand has a different width groove plus gluing in a plug on each end so the pine, yuck, don't close up as the seasons and humidity changes. Time it takes to do 130 or so boards is about 15 minutes total time for all pieces....so Howdy Duty will have to wait..
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