Stained Glass in a Headboard

Now this was an unusual project. We've never done a headboard before.

The friend who came to pick it up was afraid it might get broken in his pickup truck. So the clients called around. Top bid was $1800 by a moving company. They would build a wooden crate, pack it up in bubble wrap and ship it the 10 miles to their home.

Uhaul would rent a truck for $250 and sell them wrapping and packing materials for another $250.

While our client talked to me on the phone (she was a talker) I measured my trailer and discovered that it would fit (just barely) with a few modifications.

So I bought plywood, cut it to 6 feet, screwed it to the trailer and then layered 1" foam, the bed frame and more 1" foam and then used bungee cords to secure the load. I delivered it the next day. They were shocked that I showed up fifteen minutes after I called.

It got there safe and sound and looked great!

How To Build A "Double Foam" Crate -Sept 2007

When a window arrived at a clients address, with a slight crack in the border glass, we were very glad that we had built the crate to specifications. The insurance on the parcel was more than enough to cover the replacement of the glass, but it is a nuisance to have to build or repair the glass and the customer is inconvenienced.

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How To We Crate Same Size Multiples of Glass -August 2007

There is a time when we need to ship several panels and a little more weight in one crate costs a lot less than shipping several different crates.

Here are three windows stacked up with 1" rigid foam on the top and bottom and thin bubble foam between each layer of glass.

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Build A Solid Shipping Crate-Dec 2006

To ship a piece of glass, it needs to be crated and well protected. Knowing how to build a crate around every piece of glass which you ship is an important skill. It needs to be a custom fit so that the glass can be adequately protected. The following steps are of how we build a crate for an 18" by 30" window. We use the same techniques when crating bigger windows.

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July-How To Ship Stained Glass

How to ship Stained Glass.. To ship a piece of glass, it needs to be crated. We build a crate around every piece of glass which we ship. It needs to be a custom fit so that the glass can be adequately protected. The following pictures are of us building a crate for a 3' by 5' window. We use the same techniques when crating a smaller window.

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