Home sweet Home!

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Savannah Window : The End Result

Last quiz question : how many pieces of glass make up the finished window?

Front ...



Back ...



Magnolias enhanced....

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Adding the metal rods

The metal rods provide extra support to the window. This will allow the window to stand upright.

The rods are cut to size and foiled, not along the entire length, just every 4-5 inches or so. You can just see the rings of foil on the rod. Yes, you can, look closely.


The remaining copper foil along the length of the window is soldered and so is the copper foil around the metal rod.



Flip the window (no cheeky competitions this week!) and repeat on the other side.



When the artist does a snazzy signature (graffiti IMHO) there's a hint the artist is bored because the window is finished.

One blogger viewer emailed in and suggested that "She could sweep the floor of all the broken glass bits". Oh my! That is a good idea.

Next ... finished window pictures

Next week ... video of Vicki inspecting the window and asking "Are you sure that won't break??????"

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"Spot the difference" result

Here we are : the results for the "spot the difference" competition.

Lets remind ourselves of the prizes:

1st prize
- Room and board for 2 for 3 night at the Blue Iguana Bar and Swim Resort
- Free transport to the car rental place
- Tour of Grapevine
- Free plywood packaging to transport the window to any destination of your choice. Savannah preferred.

The 2 differences are

1) There is indeed a piece of plywood under the window.

Out of 21,398 entries everybody saw that!

2) The window has been turned upside down!

Yes, to solder the other side we placed the window on the plywood, encased it with the 2nd piece of plywood and flipped it round. We really should have caught that on video.

Unfortunately none of the 21,398 entries saw that difference so nobody wins the top prize.

Oh dear!

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Spot The Difference!

The window is finished in so far as all pieces have been cut, ground and foiled.

So as a little quiz what are the TWO main difference between this picture ...


... and this picture ?


Clues: Ignore all the extra stuff on the work table, the angle (gee Elly what were you thinking?), the car in the background etc etc

The pictures are not that clear or detailed so it's really not that hard ... just subtle.

Prize: A pat on the back for being a clever clog.

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Window latest

After outsourcing some of the labor to India the window is edging nearer to completion.

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Window latest

... and here we are on the tenth, notice the precise placement of the paper towel roll, it's got a good lie and a five iron should ... oh sorry this isn't a golf commentary from Savannah harbor is it?

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Grinding the Glass

After the glass is cut the edges can be sharp. This is not only nasty for dainty fingers(!), but will not let the foil and solder make a good bind.

A grinder is used, which is essentially a drill in a purple box. There is a diamond bit to do the grinding. Now a neat thing is water is mixed so there is no glass dust or splinters flying all over the place.

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Soldering

Now that enough of the window has been cut, smoothed and foiled the pieces can be soldered together.

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The tools:


#1 - The ritual pouring of the blue stuff.




#2 - Okay, so what is the blue stuff for???



#2 - Soldering in action!



#3 - Soldering : Can it get more fun than this!



Okay, so lets see what it looks like ... oh, oh ...it's gone!



oh no! There it is!!

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Foiling the Glass

After the glass is cut and smoothed foil is applied around the edge of the glass. This will provide the bond to hold all the glass together.

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Video 1 - (1min 12s)

Video 2 - (1min 26s)

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Cutting One Piece of Glass

Here one piece of glass is cut. 

Follow the action from cutting the paper design to scarring the glass!! 

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First, the tools are prepared!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the design template one piece is cut out.

  

 The paper is then placed on the glass and the outline drawn out in black ink.

 

 

    

 

 

 The glass is then scarred around the outline.

 

 

Then with the clippers the glass is shaped.

 

 

 

One down, about 700 pieces to go!! 

 

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The Savannah Window Project

Okay, first off, its not me doing this - I'm just taking the pictures. This is a progress update for Vicki for being such a good host when we visited Savannah.

Here is the artiste in her studio (the garage!).

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