Thank you for sharing your experience with lead and how to snug it up! Makes sense now why my lead was sagging sometimes. Question for you: Do you always copper foil before the hobby came?
Yes even tho some folk advocate not foiling the outside of any given piece & if it works for them that's great --- but I have been doing this for so long that I have experienced a lot of what can go wrong when I don't just foil the whole thing & some times I have helpers & it's way way easier to reduce the confusion factor by just foil the whole thing
Yes tho it's usually because the bottom rail of the frame has rotted or if it was tied to rods & all the ties came loose & also if reinforcing bars were soldered on & cut too short to seat in the wood properly -- In which case they become dead weight
The piece I have was on display at an antique store in Cleveland. It was taken from a house and on display for years after being put into a wood frame. It probably should have had reinforcement rods but didn't. The lower end bellies out about an inch and the top has come out of the frame. I feel like it needs to lay flat in an oven to "relax" it back to flat. (not possible, too big). Do you have any pointers for me to proceed?
It does need to be flat on a table but what happens is that the cement or old putty comes loose & gets between what s already there and it needs to be scraped out & vacuumed out in order for it to relax otherwise it's like trying to close a door with a chair in the way
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Very helpful!
Thank you
Patricia
Do you ever, or have you ever, repaired stained glass windows that have sagged out of their frame?
Thank you for sharing your experience with lead and how to snug it up! Makes sense now why my lead was sagging sometimes. Question for you: Do you always copper foil before the hobby came?
Yes even tho some folk advocate not foiling the outside of any given piece & if it works for them that's great --- but I have been doing this for so long that I have experienced a lot of what can go wrong when I don't just foil the whole thing & some times I have helpers & it's way way easier to reduce the confusion factor by just foil the whole thing
Yes tho it's usually because the bottom rail of the frame has rotted or if it was tied to rods & all the ties came loose & also if reinforcing bars were soldered on & cut too short to seat in the wood properly -- In which case they become dead weight
The piece I have was on display at an antique store in Cleveland. It was taken from a house and on display for years after being put into a wood frame. It probably should have had reinforcement rods but didn't. The lower end bellies out about an inch and the top has come out of the frame. I feel like it needs to lay flat in an oven to "relax" it back to flat. (not possible, too big). Do you have any pointers for me to proceed?
It does need to be flat on a table but what happens is that the cement or old putty comes loose & gets between what s already there and it needs to be scraped out & vacuumed out in order for it to relax otherwise it's like trying to close a door with a chair in the way
Sir, Kurt here, Did you stretch your came????
Yes always sorry it took so long I have been unwell