| We left to do an install, but even before
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| | I ran a hot solder iron around the inside
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| we got there, we realized that the 5' by
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| | surface where the broken piece had been
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| 4' panel we were carrying had slipped off
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| | removed while gently pulling on the old
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| the rack on our trailer and had been
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| | copper foil. As the solder melted, the
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| broken.
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| | old foil pulled away and the foil on the
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| Jeanne inspects the damage while the
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| | piece that remained, stayed in place.
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| panel is still on the trailer. She did a
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| | Next we faced the problem of how to move
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| good job, she hardly cried at all!
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| | the fragile panel from the work table to
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| We laid the intact, broken panel on paper
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| | the work surface where we had the pattern
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| so we could trace it's outside size on
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| | paper laid out.
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| the new pattern. This would allow us to
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| | We realized that we could tilt the table
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| put it back together and have it be the
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| | which would allow us to pick up the piece
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| same size as it was originally.
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| | without further damage.
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| We then moved the broken panel to another
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| | Jeanne tilted the work table surface as I
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| worktable and laid it on sticks which
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| | caught the glass and lifted it up. (See
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| were spaced about every ten inches. This
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| | how it bent as it was lifted).
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| would let us drop solder and glass below
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| | I was then able to remove solder from the
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| the surface of the window while we
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| | backside of the panel so that it would
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| worked.
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| | lay flat.
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| I then heated the edges of the metal that
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| | I carried the panel to the work surface
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| needed to be removed and rocked it up and
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| | where I wanted it, but wondered how to
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| down as it cooled. By doing this, the
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| | lower it without damage. I considered
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| solder joint hardened as a "cold" joint
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| | letting it fall into place and hoping
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| which is easy to break and often doesn't
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| | that air resistance would slow it enough
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| even stick.
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| | to keep it from shattering.
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| I then applied pressure on the metal as I
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| | We decided that a handy board would be a
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| moved along and soon it came away from
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| | good support for the piece. And we
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| the window.
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| | lowered it gently into place.
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| We laid out the old pattern pieces on the
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| | Then we slid the board out from under the
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| window. Once the broken pieces were all
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| | panel like a magician pulling the table
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| identified, we didn't need to lay out any
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| | cloth from under a place setting.
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| more pattern pieces. We then marked the
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| | Jeanne then matched up the pattern pieces
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| number of the pieces on the glass with a
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| | to where they should go using a black and
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| marker. And we wrote on the pattern
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| | white print of the window before it was
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| pieces that corresponded to broken pieces
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| | broken as a guide.
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| with a note as to the color and direction
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| | As she laid out the pattern pieces, we
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| of the glass.
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| | cut them and foiled them and laid them
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| I scored all the broken pieces and began
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| | back into place.
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| to remove them with pliers, taking care
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| | And here she is, all ready to be soldered
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| not to break surrounding pieces.
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| | again. It was a long process to get back
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| Here, broken glass is beginning to pile
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| | to where we were when we started.
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| up and holes are forming where we want
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| | Repairing a window is much harder and
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| them.
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| | time consuming than building it the first
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| As pieces begin to be removed, you can
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| | time. So shipping it with care is
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| see how well using the sticks worked to
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| | essential. Otherwise, you'll end up
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| let melted solder run to the surface
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| | redoing work and wasting time.
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| below.
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| I turned the panel so that the edge I was
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| | can go to
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