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Mocha
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beautiful!
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TomT
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Very cool stuff! Thanks for sharing.
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Lepus
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this is very beautiful work! do you do this just for a hobby or do you sell your pieces?
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fishguts
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It's a hobby, I am a Dental Technician, crown & bridge.
semi- retired now.:-)
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SunnyDay
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Beautiful!
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gutmon
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Nice!
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Mocha
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very beautiful!!!
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bruceye
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Thats beautiful Pat! Are you going to cut a hole in the S. side of your house and install it as a window? It will really come to life with sunlite shining through it!
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TomT
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That's really something beautiful. Can you tell how this comes about? Where do all the different pieces come from? How did you learn to do this?
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fishguts
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Tom,
I took some classes 30+ years ago, then I just kept making windows and stuff....here are some old pictures.
Each piece is cut.... then put on a grinder to smooth it out and make it fit exactly, then wrapped in copper foil then soldered together. It is a very old method dating back to the middle ages.     
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fishguts
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Here is the latest from my work bench, only a few more pieces to cut and wrap in copper foil and I will be ready to solder.....boy are there a lot of pieces in this window!  
fishguts
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fishguts
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I have started the second window......they will be a pair   
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fishguts
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It's Finished! After much soldering....then cleaning then rubbing copper patina on, then more washing....then windex...all I have to do now is install some trim, and paint. And yes! bruceye, it is on the south side....beside our front door.    
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mooseplums
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NICE WORK PAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Miami1
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Very nice! Anthony
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fishguts
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Finished the second window today!
Maybe I'll do the door next, but I'll take a break first.:-)   
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Mocha
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beautiful!
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SunnyDay
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Wow! What an entrance!
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