Beveled Glass Project Repair Gallery

CARRIAGE CLOCK GLASS BEVELED CURVED BENT ANTIQUE

bent beveled glass

The antique carriage clock was damaged and need replacement curved beveled glass sides. Using the old chipped and broken glass we bent glass pieces to match the radius. The tolerance are very small so each piece is hand fitted.  

curved / bent glass blank

Tags: Antique Clock Glass, Beveled Glass for Clock, Curved Glass Repair And Replacement, Custom Bent Glass, Custom Beveled Glass, Custom Curved Glass

Custom Beveled Glass for Antique Barometer – Antique Clock & Gauges

They sent the brass bezel from an vintage barometer for a replacement bevel glass.   The tolerances are very tight.

Tags: Antique Beveled Lens, Beveled Glass for Clock, Beveled Glass Gauge, Brass Bezel

Replacement Glass for Antique Clock beveled convex with polished dimple

The old glass was repaired so it could be use to cast a high temperature mold .  The mold and an old piece of glass went into a kiln to form a glass blank.

old broken lens beveled and convex glass

The blank was cut to size , beveled and the dimple was ground and polished.  The dimple is use to add additional clearance for the center stem.

I hope to update the post with a picture of the restored clock. I have made many lens for old clocks but this is the first one with a additional polished bent and  dimple.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Beveled Glass for Clock, Convex Clock Glass, Replacement Clock Glass

Replacement beveled glass for antique clock

The beveled glass from an antique clock  had many chips .  I made replacement pieces.

chipped beveled glass

Beveled Clock Glass

I wish I had a picture of the clock with the replacement  glass installed.

Tags: Antique Clock Beveled, Replacement Glass for Clock

Custom Beveled Glass Lens for antique clock

A  clock shop sent me the front and back bezels from an antique clock.  They needed the beveled glass replaced. I used vintage glass.  It is very important to use antique glass when restoring a clock.  Using new glass will greatly effect the value of an antique clock.

bezel from an antique clock

Checking the bezel for size and roundness

The bezels look round but very rarely are .  I have  and use old glass from the period the clock was made. The equipment I use to bevel the glass is all so period.  Most of my machines I use are as old if not older than the the clocks.   The machines are run by leather belts and use lead babit bearings.  The beveling and polishing equipment  are power by electric motors not steam engines as originally.

Replacement Clock Glass

Note the small pitts in the glass .

Antique beveled glass for clock

Beveled glass for the back of clock

The beveled glass lenses  are made to very tight tolerances and are install in the bezel .  They are not glued in.

Tags: Antique Clock Glass, Antique Glass Repair, Beveled Glass for Clock, Beveled Glass Lens, Custom Glass Lenses, Customed Beveld Glass, Replacement Clock Glass

Antique Carriage Clock Beveled Glass Replacement

I have made “new “old glass for hundreds of carriage clocks.  The bevels are small and come to a very sharp point on the edges .  They need to be  thin on the edge because the grove in the brass were the glass fits is very small.  I use old glass when I make replacement panels for antique clocks.  You can tell the old glass by the wavy surface and seeds (small bubbles in the glass). This glass is 100 years plus in age .  I have a stock of old ( antique )  glass I use for clocks. It helps preserve the value of the clock.

wavy old glass

This glass is very old and perfect for making replacement beveled glass panels for antique carriage clocks and regulators.

Tags: Antique Clock Glass, Beveled Glass for Clocks, Carriage Clock Glass, Replacement Clock Glass, Replacement Glass for Clock

Antique Glass Clock Repair Amber Pressed Glass

The clock on grandmas mantel fell and broke .  It was a basket case and I had no idea how many pieces were missing. I started the reassembly and hoped for the best.

Pressed Glass Clock Restoration

I told the customer I would do my best but it look like there were a lot of pieces missing.

Amber Pressed Glass Clock

Filling in were needed for missing pieces.

Repaired Glass Clock

I have repaired many types of  glass clocks most of them crystal.  This was my first antique amber glass mantel clock. I have made many kinds of custom beveled and custom bent glass for clocks.  Clock shops send the bezels to me to  install new glass.  I use old glass when necessary to maintain the value of the antique clock.

Tags: Bent Glass for Antique Clock, Beveled Glass for Clock, Custom Glass for Clocks, Glass Clock Repair, Glass for Antique Clock

beveled mirror for antique light

This small mirror with a scalloped  edges

mirror with scalloped edges and v grooves

and satin v grooves goes to an  antique wall scone  . Sent to me from a light restoration company on the east cost , they need a duplicate mirror .

antique lamp parts

I was told they go in silver wall sconces .  I will post pictures of the restored lights if and when I receive them.

Tags: Beveled Glass Mirror, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

Antique clock glass repair beveled glass in bezel

The antique  clock sat on  the mantel since the beginning of time . One of the kids went to wind the clock and broke the glass .   I save old glass for clocks like this.  New glass is a different color green and is very flat.  The antique glass has a yellow hue and a distorted finish.  Sometimes the antique glass  has bubbles and blisters .  This is important when it comes to the value of the clock.  An antique  clock with new glass doesn’t retain its resale price.

antique beveled glass clock bezel

I have antique beveling machines that run on leather belts.  The same type used to make this antique beveled glass lens originally.  The fitting of the antique replacement beveled glass in the bezel  is very tricky.  The tolerances are with in thousands of an inch.  I make replacement beveled  clock glass for clock shops all over the the country  most of them in New York and LA.

Tags: Antique Beveled Glass, Antique Glass Repair, Beveled Glass for Clock, Broken Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Glass For Clock Bezel, Replacement Clock Glass, Replacement Glass for Clock

repair beveled glass lens for railroad oil lamp

The lamp fell and two pieces of beveled  glass were broken.  The front lens was a diameter and I used a piece of old mirror because of the color. The newer glass has a very dark green color to the edge.  The antique glass has a yellow not the green edge.  I have repaired many Rail Road lights over the years. I used cast iron grinding mill to rough in the bevel.

antique mirror

old and new glass

I cut the antique glass and rough in the bevel.

Hand beveling glass

Smoothing Stone

oil lamp repair

Hand beveled replacement glass

side glass broken

New beveled lens

New beveled glass side panel

Tags: Antique Beveled Lens, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Custom Beveled Lens, Hand Beveling

Antique beveled glass mirror repair

The beveled mirror was broken out of the antique sterling silver hand mirror.  Antique vanity sets like this one were very common.  Now that ther are very few people silver mirrors I had  to blind bevel mirror this repalcement mirror.  With the oval shape and the scalopes  it makes it one of the more difficult hand mirros to repair.

wings and a cold beer.

Antique beveled glass hand mirror

Beveled Mirror for antique silver hand mirror

Tags: Antique Beveled Hand Mirror, Antique Beveled Mirror Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Custom Hand Beveled Mirror

Crystal pendent restoration

chipped and broken glass pendent

A  beautifull crystal pendent was dropped and broken. I was able to repair the glass .   This piece was shipped from NY.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Glassware Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Baccarat Crystal, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Broken Glassware Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Cut Glass Repair, Glass Repair

custom beveled glass with wheel work design

beveled glass repair

broken piece

cut new piece of glass

rough grind bevel

polish bevel

stone cut design

polished bevel

custom beveled glass

Tags: Add new tag, Custom Beveled Glass

Antique glass repair vanity mirror

The glass in an antique vanity mirror was broken. The sterling silver frame was in good shape only the mirror was broken. The way I made the new mirror is called blind beveling. I bevel a piece of mrirror with out seeing the stone .  Old mirrors were beveled and then silvered  .  I don’t resilver mirrors so I have to bevel it blind. It takes some practice you have to watch the water coming of the stone and it will let you know if its going well.

antique hand mirror

I took off the retaining ring and removed the broken mirror.

Antique Beveled Mirror

Using the old mirror for a pattern I made a new beveled mirror. Its ready to be installed.

New beveled hand mirror