Stained Glass for Caboose

I decided that the Caboose needed some color so I made 2 stained glass windows for the 2 - 2' X 2' windows at the top of the cupola.

 The Owl and Flying Dragon turned out good

 Added lots of color and blocks out the sun in the afternoon.

 Karen at work in her Caboose

 The glass work starts with sketches and drawings at the size the window will be. 

 Here you can see the picture turned into drawing then a pattern. The glass band saw is in the foreground for the Moore difficult cuts.

 I use a piece of plywood marked up with center lines then make a frame the size of the glass and lay the pattern in it to fit the pieces after they have been cut.There are 2 glass grinders on the work bench, one with a 1" bit and one with a 1/4" bit to fit the glass together.

 

 

 Here the glass is being fit together then the edges are foiled with copper tape for the solder that binds it together. You can see the foil tape and table on the bottom right.

These glass windows take about 50 hours each.