Chandelier Repair Project Repair Gallery

Replacement Glass Globe frosted glass globe with missing piece

The frosted glass globe was bumped and broken. A large piece of glass  broke off and was lost. I received the broken glass globe as a pattern to make the replacement globe. I filled in were the piece was missing so I could cast a mold.

broken shade

The glass was frosted and drill after it was bent. It is a lot easier to make the mold if you have all the pieces.

Tags: Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts, Frosted Glass Globe, Frosted Glass Shade, Replacement Antique Glass Shade, Replacement Frosted Shade

CHANDELIER REPAIR RESTORATION PARTS

We need to make a couple of bobeches for a antique chandelier. The fist step is to make the crystal blanks.  We cast a mold of the old bobeche in high temp ceramic. We used that mold  to cast the class in to.

Glass / Crystal Blank

cut to shape and stone cut the sides

final polish

The last thing to do is drill the holes for the pins . Then hang the prisms .

Install

Tags: Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Repair, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

CRYSTAL BOBECHE CHANDELIER REPAIR REPLACEMENT

The bobeche from an antique chandelier was broken during a move. It has a unique cut glass design. I was send just a small piece of the original. A mold was made of the broken piece so the new blank could be made.

GLASS BLANK

POLISHED BOBECHE

DRILL HOLES

ADD PINS

Tags: BOBECHE REPLACEMENT, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Repair, CUSTOM BOBECHE

CRYSTAL REPAIR CHANDELIER ANTIQUE PRISM

The  antique crystal  chandelier was in disrepair. One of the crystal spires was broken.   We cast a mold  using one of the old prisms as a pattern . First a rough cast is make of crystal . Then the casting is ground and polish . Then the  brass feral from the old broken prism is attached .

casting sample prism

A high temp ceramic mold is made .

rough casting

The mold is then filled with crystal and place in a kiln for annealing.

smooth casting

The  rough casting is made smooth using #100 # 200 and #400 grit smoothing stones.

polish prism

The crystal is hand polished using a cork wheel with pumis  and the final step is a felt wheel with cerium oxide.

Add the brass feral

The  brass feral was remove from the old broken prism and installed on the new replacement.

The antique crystal chandelier is back to its original glory.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Chandelier Repair, Crystal Repair, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

antique crystal chandelier restoration cut glass globe/ shade

During a major home restoration, the antique chandelier hanging in the foyer was damaged .  Two of the cut glass globes were broken. The first step is to make the glass blanks .  Then comes the cutting of the design .  The hard part is  matching the profile of each cutting stone .

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Replacement crystal  globe/ shade  before cutting design.

cut in design

Rough cut design in glass using antique glass lath with smoothing stone.

Cutting  the scallop top

cut deign before polishing

final step polishing

replacement cut glass globe

Replacement cut glass globe on the left and the original antique cut glass globe on the right.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Cut Glass Globe, Cut Glass Shade

antique crystal chandelier replacement bobeche

The second largest chandelier in the world was in need of three replacement bobeches.  I have made a lot of crystal  bobeches over the years but not as large as these.  They sent me a broken bobeche with a part missing. I made a mold and cast it in plaster to fill in the part the was missing.

bobeche with plaster mold

bobeche blank

I made the blanks .

Crystal bobeche   twelve  inch diameter

Drilled the 24 holes and added pins.

Tags: Antique Chandelier Repair, Antique Crystal Bobeche, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

Antique Crystal Candelabra Repair Chipped Glass Missing Piece

The crystal candelabra was broken and the pieces were missing.

Cue out the chipped part.

Fit in new piece off glass.

Shape glass

Cut in design and polish

Its not perfect but when it is back on the candelabra with the prisms installed you won’t be able to see the repair.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair

Antique light custom make replacement globes

Broken globe

The broken globe was sent from Arizona . The contractor broke three globes on the job site while restoring and old court house.  I knew I could make the new globes but matching the design on the globe was going to be the challenge.

new globe

satin etched finish

hand painted globes

Tags: Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Replacement Antique Glass Globe, Replacement Antique Glass Shade, Vintage Glass Globe

Chandelier Repair make replacement bobeche for antique chandelier restoration

The crystal  bobeche was broken during a move.  Dad  tried to find all the piece but an up short.  Gluing the remains showed a large piece was missing.  I decided that I would make a replacement bobeche.  Filling the hole left by the missing pieces was an option but not a good one

Broken Bobeche

Some times when doing a chandelier restoration you can’t find the replacement parts.

Blank

The first step to making a replacement bobeche is making the blank.

Rough Cut Bobeche

Stone cut design.

replacement bobeche

New Bobeche

With the replacement bobeche complete the chandelier will hang in splendor again.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Parts, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

Crystal repair chandelier bobeche replacement

The bobeche for the antique crystal chandelier was broken and discarded.  The search was on for the replacement part.  None was found.  I made the glass  blank .  Then I  cut , polished and drilled the holes for the pins.  Sent to me from our neighbors to the north Ontario Canada.

Glass blank for bobeche

This is the crystal blank and I used a diamond saw to cut off the extra.

Crystal Bobeche drilled for pins

I polished the rim and drilled the holes for the prisms.

Replacement Bobeche for crystal chandelier

Here is the custom made replacement bobeche for a crystal chandelier .

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Parts, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Bobeche, Crystal Repair, Glass Bobeche

Crystal Repair broken lamp part replacement

This piece was sent to me and it is from a small table lamp.  I am going to make a replacement part rather than repair it.

broken glass tube from small lamp

stone cutting design

 

Cutting design in new glass lamp part

custom made replacement lamp part

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Parts, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Repair, Custom Made Lamp Parts

crystal repair broken glass globe

The antique glass globe was broken and many of the pieces were missing.  I make a new top for  antique glass globe .

I made the flag shade of the old shade.

I frosted the glass to match.

I cut and polished the design in the new top.

I installed the new top on the antique glass globe.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair

Crystal repair broken antique glass bobeche

I was send a broken crystal bobeche from an antique chandelier. The antique glass bobeche was broken in many pieces and a couple of large pieces were missing. I cut off the part that was not broken .  I used a crystal bowl with the same design as the original bobeche to recreate the broken and missing  portion.  I needed to drill a large hole in the center and many small holes around the rim

Broken Crystal Bobeche

crystal bowl

crystal bowl part

Cut off the good part of broken bobeche

I cut off the good part of the old bobeche and ground the bottom of the new bowl flat.

Crystal Bobeche with Old Top

I drill the holes for the prism pins.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Repair

Crystal Repair Antique Glass Chandelier Arm

The movers packed the chandelier like they always do ” wrong”.  They hung the chandelier in box fully assembled . You must take the arms off a chandelier before shipping. I have repaired hundreds of arms .

Crystal Chandelier Arm

The antique glass chandelier arm will be as strong as new after it is repaired .  When photographed on black you can see the repair if you look close .  When installed back on the chandelier the repair will be very hard to find.

Antique Glass Chandelier Arm

This repair could have been avoided if the mover had removed the arms before shipping.  Never ship a chandelier with the crystal arms attached.

Tags: Antique Crystal Chandelier Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Repair, Crystal Repair, Glass Chandelier Repair