As some of y’all know I have been restoring windows that were from a house built in 1915. They were casements with a half circle top.
Over the yrs. the wind took a toll on them and they were replaced in the 50’s with DH single pane, with added storms. The old sash were stuffed in coal dusty , damp basement till I came along. The HO wanted the old windows back in ( inherited the house, from the Mrs. family) and no storms.
I began by totally disassembling the frames and muntins and mullions..sand blasting and repairing the wood as needed..not to much to show about that , so no pics. When it came to reassembling, and glazing..I realized again how much I hate putty and every TDL window I ever saw, had putty failure that caused the windows to fail. So, I fell back to my method I did on 4 square windows, and made azek glass stops.
I soon found out that bending the triangular ( 36degrees actually) stops posed a problem, they wanted to bend on the wrong axis..so I thought heat might work, and I cobbled up a heat gun and a hunk of 2″ C.I. Pipe as heater..the stuff was like silly putty, but rehardened REALLY fast..but it worked.
I started by making the strips on TS..easy.View Image
Then miter one end and stick it in the heater.View Image
heres the AMT copy of the Lion trimmer..View Image
more to come..
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
“Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire”
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To measur the lengths I needed on the radius, I snagged a screen spline roller and made a sharpie mark on the wheel..View Image
Buy starting at the wheel mark at the miter end and counting the revolutions till the other end, and making a PENCIL mark, hard to see in the pic, and I was shivering it was freezing..I could copy the total length to the strip and miter the other end.
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I bed the glass in a bed of caulk, BIG STRETCH, one of my favorites..and apply a bit on the back of the stop, and a dab on the miters just in case I was a little sloppy, and as added back up.
A few of the tools, notice the miter trimmers and pinner
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I had some salvaged glass ( most of the old stuff was destroyed getting it out) and began cutting the curves..free hand..I got lucky and had little explode on me.
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All in all,after paint, these oughtta out last me..I hope..they live 30+feet up in dormers, on a slate roof. Hinges soon.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Great idea using the Azek as stops. Maybe I'll do that on my old windows when it comes time this spring.
Man I like these photo essays. Such an added tool in describing something. I get confused as #### several times trying to understand a word only post.
thanks.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Try and understand the screen tool tape measure without a picture. ;)
Great pics sphere. Woods favorite carpenter
Yeah, thats how they used to measure wooden wheels for Iron tires on wagons..cheap and easy,and damm accurate as well.
only 4 more to do..each has 12 8x9 lites and the three 1/3 circs, and a 1/2 circ. Lotta glass cutting..I need a diamond glass cutter, keep wearing out the wheeled ones.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
An alternative for measuring curves is one of the curve drawing devices they make for architects and such. You can curve it and it holds its form. You can either just mark the length you need on it like a template, or straighten back out and measure.
I didn't do as well as I would have liked. It was freezass cold in the shop..and I couldn't get good pics..and well, It was impromtu.
Some things work better than others, and I'm no author thats for sure..but I hope I go the gist out there for folks who like to try something new.
All the other windows I have done this way are holding up so far..from 100degrees in summer to 3 last week..no movement or failure of anything.
Man heating up tha azek is a FINE LINE..it gets softer than you'd think..fast. I had a shorter pipe at first..set the bastid on fire..LOL That was fun.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
I had a boat load of steel windows to glaze so I used pine for the stops. I cut all of them and marked the backside so I knew where they went. Then I set up a paint system so they could be painted with multiple coats on all sides. Then I glued them in with caulking and hot glue. They were sprung a little tight and the hot glue kept them in place while the cauking dried. They came out extemely crisp. Real modern looking steel windows.
Shoulda used Azek :)
Hey, gimme a few weeks yet on that deal we have cooking..got slammed with a new problem.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
No problem sphere. Aztec wasn't invented when I did those ;)
the aztecs were damn near extinct when you did those.
I hope.
edit: pardon me, didn't mean the extinct part of the aztecs, just you doing it at that time.
A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Edited 1/31/2008 8:07 pm ET by calvin
I'm older than dirt!
What are you doing with all that Azek dust? Pretending it's snowing in Ky?
Fugg, it IS SNOWING, just started,mixed w/sleet and freezing rain.
I get to do this stage in a farm maint.shop on site..that means I get to leave the dust THERE..'cept what follows me home on my clothes.
I about swore off azek inside my house/shop, esp. with the woodstove going right close by..stinks up the joint (G).Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
I've got a nice raised panel wainscote in a big foyer job coming up. I'm looking forward to it, except for that I'll be making the raised panels out of MDF.
I'm not sure which I like less, MDF dust, or Azek dust.
Sweeeet! I especially like your hi-tek Azek Glass Stop Heating Device! Patent it and retire rich. ;-)
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
PS: Dude, sounds like you need a heater in your shop. My fingers go numb really fast in the cold/damp -- couldn't do it in an Arctic shop.