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ADay

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Gift for the Baird Family

« on: May 05, 2010, 05:21:31 PM »

I recently completed this copper foil piece for a friend who works in the police department (hence the blue glass). Mr. Baird was a big help to my wife and I while getting settled into our house (demolition, hauling stuff to the dump, a bunch of little honey-dos). I appreciated everything he did for us and I thought this might be the best way to say "Thanks!".

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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 07:19:58 PM »

I'm sure he will love it. It's very nice.


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 07:54:52 AM »

Very nice work. What was the framing material you used? Appears to be something matted with a bevelled edge.


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 09:09:09 AM »

Thank you. He loved it. Normally I would buy my friends some beer for helping out. This time I decided to keep the beer and give him a personalized gift instead.

The frame is a homemade; made from poplar wood. It was routed out in the back before I cut the wood to accept the stained glass. I haven't been very happy with the off the shelf frames in the past so I decided that I would try to make my own going forward.


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 10:00:01 AM »

Nice job.
Also a very nice thought.


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 02:05:59 PM »

I like the way you did the letters! It takes care of the cut lines in an interesting way without being intrusive.

Rebecca


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2010, 06:20:39 PM »

It's always nice to get in good with local law enforcement..

I have a Local Detective right across the street from me...
We cut lots of firewood and do this from time to time... beer /

He was also the Captain of the Hockey team I was on..

It's always nice to get in good with local law enforcement..

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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2010, 10:42:57 AM »

That's why I got my router, to make frames for my glass. I haven't used it yet though, don't even have it set up yet. What bit did you use?


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2010, 05:52:17 PM »

Bluesmaven - Sorry the the late reply. I have been away for a bit. For this frame, I used a table saw to notch out a 1/2 inset in the wood stock. I have a router that I will probably will use in the future but I need to play around with it first. I plan for the frame to overlap the stained glass piece by 1/2 inch all the way around when designing my stain glass on DragonFly.


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2010, 08:59:21 PM »

Thanks for the reply ADAY! A half inch? Are you going to use came around it as well or just glass?


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2010, 09:11:40 PM »

very nice!


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2010, 08:54:45 PM »

Bluesmaven - Sorry for the late reply again. I need to change my notification settings. I always use came around the glass on the outside border for additional strength.


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Re: Gift for the Baird Family

« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2010, 09:17:46 PM »

Thanks I wondered about that!
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