Custom Made Chandelier Parts 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 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 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 Light Repair Bent glass panels

The restoration of the old home included vintage light fixtures. The rust iron fixture had a couple of bent glass panels missing. The glass was a seedy glass. Seedy glass has a lot of bubbles and texture. Using a good panel I made a mold for bending the replacement curved glass.

Antique Light Fixture with broken bent glass

replacement bent glass panel

Custom bent  seedy glass panels  for antique  iron light.  The glass was a Kokomo Seedy Glass

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

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

Crystal Repair chandelier arm

These arms are off a antique crystal candleabra. Made in the 1700 s the wires go on the out side of the arms . There are no holes for the wires to run through. I will get pictures of the chandelier when its complete and post them .  The crystal arms were sent to me for repair from Oregon. The piece has been in the family a long time. I would love to know how it got to Oregon and when. I think it came from England.

glass arms

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Arm, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chandelier Restoration, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

Antique Glass Repair “chandelier”

Antique Glass Chadelier

Antique Crysal Chandelier

I repaired this Antique Glass Chandelier using white cloth covered wire. A little hard to find but worth the time . I like keeping things original when I can. I would have liked  to repainted the candle sleeves they look dirty to me compaired to the new wire. Gramas gone now but the antique glass chandelier is repaired and back at work.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chandalier Repairs, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Chandelier Restorations, Crystal Chandelier Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

Chandelier Repair broken Bobeche

Tags: Antique Chandelier Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Glassware Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Bobeche Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Broken Glassware Repair, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts, Glueing Glass

Painted glass globe

painted glass globe

broken glass globe

Repaired Globe

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

Broken chandelier arm

Broken Arm

Repaired Arm

This antique crystal chandelier suffered a broken arm. These kinds of injuries happen all the time. Be careful when you move the dinnig room table so that someone doesn’t walk into the chandlier. Fortunately, broken glass arms from chandeliers are easily repaired, and they hold up very well. This is a small arm, and it is not very old. The older arms are made of solid glass without any space to run the wire, because they were originally made as candelabras.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts, Glueing Glass

Antique Chandelier Repair Restoration

One of the services that Bruening Glass Works specializes in is chandelier restoration and repair. Whether you own a antique chandelier or a new one, we can fix it. We’ve repaired chandeliers for clients all over the world.

View the video below to see more of what type of chandelier repair we perform.

Chandelier Back To Glory

Work is moving along on the chandelier. We rewired the chandelier and unlike most chandeliers the wires on this piece when in grooves in the arms not through a hole or tube in the arm.

Tags: Antique Crystal Chandelier Repair, Broken Chandelier Arms Repair, Chandelier Arms, Chandelier Repair, Crystal Chandelier Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

Antique Glass Repair crystal chandelier

Fifteen year this antique crystal chandelier has been in a box in storage. Only two of the antique glass arms were not broken . Many of the boboches were broken also. Dirty, rusty and in need of new wiring . The restotation of this antique glass chandelier has started with the  dismanteling and cleaning.  The glue that someone used has turned white over the years and must be soaked and removed. I will post my progress in days to come.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts, Glass Parts, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

Crystal Repair Baccarat Candelabra

Many broken arms and missing crystals on this Baccarat candelabra.  What a mess when it came to me. It look like a box of trash. Stored in the basement for who knows how long they didn’t know any one to fix it. They found me the old fashion way word of mouth not a google search. A good bath and some tlc  this candelabra  needs  a grand piano.

Baccarat Crystal Arms

Baccarat Candelabra

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Arm, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts