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Installing Art Glass In A Pool Table Lamp

We had a metalworking artist build a crack my glass.I let the frame work sit
framework for a pool table lamp. It was a for 24 hours so that the silicone can set
little tricky but not difficult to and cure properly.Here, Jeanne has just
install the glass. We don't electrify applied the black patina to the final
lamps, because that would require U.L. panel and cleaned, waxed and polished
listings and the costs for custom work it.I stand the frame so gravity will work
would be prohibitive. What we do instead in my favor, remove extra sticks that
is call the lamp a "lamp shade" and allow were being used to clamp the panels and
local electricians to install whatever ease the final panel in place. I have to
light package they desire.The panels are get the widest edge into the framework
all built and sized to fit into the metal first and the pull the panel up into
frame that I had built for the pool table place so that the whole thing fits
lamp. After dry fitting each piece to perfectly. I do it without silicone first
make sure they would fit, I put a small so that I am sure it fits and then I bed
bead of clear silicone caulk around the it into the silicone.At each corner, I
inside of the angle iron.I have to gently make sure there isn't any pressure
ease the panel in place without allowing against the glass and I add a bead of
it to fold over since there are silicone between the panels to fill the
weaknesses in the glass design where the slight gap between them. I make sure
lead lines provide no support and depend there is a little space between them
on the frame they are going in for because I don't want the glass edges to
support.Once it's inside the frame, I touch. If they do, heat expansion could
gently lay it in place and center the cause them to expand and break each
gaps to be equal on each side. I'm other. Silicone will protect against
careful not to let the glass hit the breakage.I put sticks and clamps against
metal edges of the frame and chip.I then the final piece to hold it in place and I
apply silicon to the side panel frame and gently place a book on the panel to hold
ease the first side panel in place.Same it against the frame where I can't easily
thing with the other side panel, add get a clamp to fit. Once the silicone
silicone and ease the panel in place. I sets the glass fits well into the lamp
have to be very careful not to allow too and it's done. Gomm started building
much pressure between the glass pieces. I stained glass windows professionally back
even cut and grind some of the pieces so in 1983 and has become an expert at many
that the fit doesn't have too much aspects of stained glass building, design
pressure.I take little strips of wood and and repair. He writes a monthly
c clamps to keep the glass tight against newsletter at his better stained glass
the frame, but I'm careful to only apply website.
very gentle pressure. I don't want to




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