Heading For The Border
The strip cutter got a good work out this week when everyone but Lane cut and tacked borders onto their windows. And just for good measure, Cheryl put 2 and a half borders on her window!
Cheryl left last week with a patteren in hand and a stack of glass. When she came in this week she had the LSU, the shadow and the background of her window all cut and ground. I’m not sure how she’s finding the time, but she’s certainly keeping busy at home. The work was so perfect that we only had to adjust 2 pieces after she wrapped them all (which always makes a window grow unevenly). After tacking the window all together she cut the top and bottom strips of the background and attached them. Then she cut a thin yellow border followed by a thicker purple border. When she left for the night it was ready to be soldered and I know it will come back next week ready to be hung.
Joey got to use the strip cutter for the first time (this is only his second window and his first one was round) and mastered it within 2 strips. He cut 5 strips, cut them to size and attached them to his window. When he left the front was completely soldered and he had begun working on the back side. I suspect there will be a battle for the soldering iron between Joey and Cheryl at their house this week. 
Look for this window to be finished next week.
Lane sat down and began the long task of soldering his window. I gave him a refresher course on soldering and then went about helping everyone else. I asked Lane how he was doing throughout the night and he’d reply with a “Fine†or “Fabulous†so I left him do his thing. By the end of the night I was shocked to discover that he had almost all of the front finished. And what a ‘fabulous’ job he did! Although you can’t see much of a change from last week you’ll just have to take my word when I say that he’s done wonderfully and his window is really starting to shape up. I’m expecting to see the back of this almost completely soldered next week. Washing it is going to have to be a day job since it’s so large, but Lane can see the finish line now!
Gerald also cut and ground a border. Like Joey, he ground, wrapped it all and then attached it to his window. After adding some brass channel around the edges he soldered most of the front side. There’s not much left to do on this window and Gerald already has his next 2 projects lined up. Look for more pictures next week to see what Gerald is up to next.
Not to be outdone by Lane who was pictured here last week in the blog, Gerald is pictured here next to his window so you can get an idea of its size. I’m expecting Gerald to get as many emails as Lane did last week asking if he’s single.
Paul