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In
March and April we finished two more of six windows we're
building as a spa surround. These will go
in Connie's house (she owns the Finer
Consigner). We have three complete, one
that needs to be soldered and two that are
being assembled.
We are sponsoring
a stained glass competition in May. Click
here to learn about how to enter.
The show
should be fun, if you can't enter, at
least come and see it.
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Remember
that pile of wood Jeanne was standing on
in January? We finished laying it!
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We were
blessed with a new grandson, Rogue
Justice.
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Last
month we laid the pieces out on the
mold and tacked them together. Now, we're ready to solder the
shade together.
(Click
here to read part 1)
(Click
here to read part 2)
(Click
here to read part 4)
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Building
A Stained Glass Lamp With A Worden Mold
(Part 3)
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Now, with the mold prepared and the pieces cut and
foiled, they can be set out on the mold.
First a row of pins is set out on each end of
the mold. Pieces are set in place and pins are pushed in to keep pieces
aligned.
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A view of the edge shows the many pins needed to
hold the pieces in place.
Since the pieces are flat and the mold is
rounded, they must be held so that they are at angle to the other
pieces, achieving as close to rounded as possible.
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The first panel, is held by pins to insure that
each of the pieces fit.
After they are all fitted in the first panel, subsequent
panels just get the pieces set in place and then tack soldered. This
saves a great deal of time and pain from pushing pins into the mold.
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With them all in place, they get tacked together.
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The flux is added, gravity works to cause the flux
and melted solder to run downhill so care must be taken not to make a
mess.
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Care must be taken not to solder the pins onto the
lamp panel.
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After tack soldering, the pins get pulled out. The
pins at the top and bottom are left in place because they'll be needed
as the other panels are constructed.
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Pieces of foil are used to fill gaps in the grape
section so as to avoid melting the lamp mold with hot solder.
We used glass globs to create our grapes. I
think next time I build a shade, I'll cut the glass pieces out so that
we get a tighter fit.
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Once the panel was tacked, I soldered it on the
outside, leaving the inside untouched so it would be more flexible.
When I got a second panel soldered and did a
test fit, I found that they weren't as flexible as I like, so the rest
of the panels were only tacked.
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Here's the completed panel, ready to be assembled
into the complete shade.
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The panel is curved and slips easily off of the
lamp panel.
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Then the panel is laid in a box
full of crumbled paper which supports it.
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