stained glass help

Rosalyn

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Customer has some stained glass pieces that she did. She's not real happy with the way she finished the corners. She would be happy with the little hooks and chains soldered on the channel except for the looks of the corners.

Can Anyone thing of something decorative that I could use to cover up her 'unsightly' corners.

Or if we decide to frame the piece does one usually hang it with chains from the top of the frame?

Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thanks.
 
What's wrong with the corners?
Did she use zinc around the piece and mitered the corners poorly?

Frame them for her if she has the money and is willing to spend it.
I've used regular mouldings...or you can use stained glass moulding. You can purchase hardware that attaches to the side of the frame or use mirror hangars attached to the back of the frame
 
Roz if I understand what you and your client are concerned with ,it's the Pad Eyes that are solidered on to the Cam on the top corners. These can easily be removed if you and they want to frame it.

You can use stained Glass channel moulding or you can rip some of a normal mouldings rabbet off and secure TWO Frames made of this altered stock back to back.(which offers a LOT more style then the Channel stock I have seen)

The biggest concern ( both with the channel and the altered moulding is the widest width of the outer Cam.So be sure to Mic the edges and allow enough gap in the channel or between the TWO opposeing frames.

The only problem is that the price is substaial ,especially if you don't find a very inexpensive Moulding.Maybe you can find some discntinued moulding at a good price.
BUDDY
 
Deb - She didn't miter the corners. She butted the pieces together. Oops. Now she knows better.

How does one join two frames, back to back and it look good? It is a small piece. I believe the second piece she did. She likes the over all piece just not the corners and wants to hide them.

She's willing to frame it.
 
I've not put two frames together the way Buddy mentions.
I used a frame moulding and cut quarter round to "finish" the back. The quarter round was painted to match the frame.
 
I just finished framing a cut glass window. Used a moulding substantial enough to support the weight, finished off the flat back of the frame and secured the window with finished quarter rounds. The client will hang the window on the inside of a large picture window by chains mounted in the window frame and secured with some antique brass hardware I found to the top of the frame.

Came out nice.

Dave Makielski
 
Excellent. Frame and quarter round. I'm on it!

Dave - Where do you find the antique brass hardware? And how does it attach? Small screws?

Thanks for your help
 
Sorry it took so long to respond to your question, Rosalyn. My computer took a dump and I had to reload a bunch of software before I could get back on.

My grandfather started framing in 1911 and I use the same work benches and fixtures he built for his first store. The drawers and storage areas in the benches are filled with almost 100 years of every type of hardware you can imagine. Much of it I have no idea what its use could have been. I keep thinking I'll find a buggy whip in there someplace. Interestingly though, the benches now sit on a 4" block of wood under each post...seems we're taller than people from several generations ago!

In a thread not too long ago, someone mentioned Lee Valley. I received their hardware catalog a couple days ago and went through page by page. Neat stuff...I think you'd enjoy it.

www.leevalley.com

The window I recently did was hung by two relatively large oval shaped brass screw eyes (for lack of a better description) and a somewhat unique brass chain. Both had a very nice natural antique patina. Wish I had a photo to post, but it got out of here without me taking any pictures.

Dave Makielski
 
Thanks Dave for the site.

Sounds like your Grandfather left you some wonderful heirlooms. What fun!

I checked out Lee Valley. Lots of neat stuff.

I even found apple shaped drawer pulls. I need those for sure!
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(Okay, I got a little side tracked from what I was suppose to be looking for
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