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Malinda
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« on: February 21, 2010, 11:19:24 AM » |
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If you buy a frame like from Delphi lets say when you make the glass design part do you make each side like a seperate panel and then they attach somehow inside the frame? I'm looking for paterns now to make one or maybe two for our house.
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2010, 11:57:31 AM » |
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from what I remember from the book I have (somewhere) each panel is treated as a seperate panel and attached from the back. There is a book "Stained Glass Firescreens" by Judy Coleman. Nice book. It says it is for the intermidate glass crafter.
I have often wondered if you could buy one of the screens from home depot or such and use it instead of the glass suppliers.
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2010, 12:01:39 PM » |
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Any frame which will support the glass panels will work. Remember the firescreens are for show and should not be placed in front of a real fire unless you are into daily repairs.
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Malinda
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2010, 12:10:21 PM » |
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so since they are for show also then I guess it doesn't matter if you copper foil or lead the design?
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2010, 12:12:53 PM » |
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It doesn't matter since they are show pieces.
BTW, some frames have tabs on the backside to hold the glass inserts in place while others do not.
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Malinda
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2010, 12:26:56 PM » |
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thanks Wayne, that's the part I was really wondering about was "how" do the panel attach to the frames...
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2010, 12:28:25 PM » |
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Most of the old wooden ones look like picture fames to me. I like the hanging panels over the old fashioned 3pce screens, as the wise one says, they are show pces. 'daily repairs' lol  |
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2010, 03:22:15 PM » |
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I used one of the frames from Delphi. Each panel is treated as a seperate piece. The frame that I used did have metal tabs on it that you can use to bend over the glass and hold it in place. I used silicone to hold the piece in place in addition to the tabs. That way I was sure there wasn't going to be any movement.
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« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2010, 05:50:07 AM » |
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I purchased my fireplace screen from my local glass store, its wrought iron and three pieces, and has slots to slide your stained glass panels in from the top. Gave the fireplace frame dimensions to Paned Expressions and they converted the pattern I chose to fit my screen (its call The Quartet). I did foil for the panels and the pattern was laid out as three panels with cut lines flowing from one panel to the other. I posted a picture to show what I did. Each pieace of the panel was also finished with a zinc frame, so if and when I want to replace the panels, I just need to lift them out.
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« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2010, 07:27:13 AM » |
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That is beautiful, Evelyn. What a great feel to the piece.
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« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2010, 07:36:40 AM » |
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That is gorgeous Evelyn!
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« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2010, 08:00:57 AM » |
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Very nice Evelyn, now I just need to decide on the pattern to use....
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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2010, 08:44:44 AM » |
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I like that Evelyn, does it have a backlight?
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« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2010, 09:25:09 AM » |
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Looks fantastic Evelyn
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« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2010, 09:41:22 AM » |
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Very nice Evelyn!
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« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2010, 10:28:15 AM » |
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Evelyn That is a beautiful piece
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« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2010, 03:39:29 PM » |
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Malinda,
I really didn't mean to steal the subject and question, and thanks everyone for the nice compliments. This is one of my favorite pieces and it covers my horrible/ugly fireplace insert. I have two under-the-counter lights that sit on the top of the fireplace insert and the bottom edge of the insert, and it makes a great nightlight.
Now Malinda, remember, you are not limited to use fireplace patterns, any pattern can be altered to fit your size/shape of screen. Paned Expressions (wonderful and talented people) added the buoy to the left side and additional piers on the right side. And, once the pattern came in, I placed the fireplace frame on top of the pattern, pencil marked the inside edge of the frame on the pattern, then added the inside slot measurement to make sure the inserts would fit before I started cutting.
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« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2010, 05:05:41 PM » |
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Oh gosh Evelyn, no worries at all. I love to see what you did. I did see a pattern (somewhere) that is basically a tree of life or two side by side and I think I like that so far. I am mostly curious about how easy it is to put together but so far from responses I am not as concerned with weather I'll be able to do it.
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