# I cracked the sun!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-the-sun/706834>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 10, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-the-sun/706834 "2014-12-10T09:09:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-the-sun/706834/21 "2014-12-20T10:22:41Z")

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> [@Atomic\_Mama](#):
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> That’s reeeaaaaallllllyyyy nice work! I dabbled a bit in stained glass at least 30 years ago and found it to be “difficult at best.”
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> Congratulations 😃

Yes, my husband is famous for making big expensive sheets of glass in to useless shards.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-the-sun/706834/22 "2014-12-20T14:46:48Z")

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> [@picunurse](#):
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> Ok, Finished. [Solar system glass](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/picunurse/SolarSystem4_zps0af8d5c2.jpg)
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> I’m not as happy as I could be, but Hubby says it looks great.

Classic example of the artist not making exactly what they wanted, but everyone else appreciating what the artist did make. 🙂

I think it looks good, too.

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-the-sun/706834/23 "2014-12-21T02:21:38Z")

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It looks great! 🙂

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-the-sun/706834/24 "2014-12-21T06:01:47Z")

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Gorgeous!

I’ve made one piece and the most trouble I had was getting the solder to spread out nice and smooth. I may try it again, which is more than I can say for stonecarving.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-the-sun/706834/25 "2014-12-23T03:39:44Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> Gorgeous!
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> I’ve made one piece and the most trouble I had was getting the solder to spread out nice and smooth. I may try it again, which is more than I can say for stonecarving.

Perhaps your iron was too hot or too cold. The heat index is fairly narrow. I have an article that tells everything one needs to know about soldering. I’ll see if I cn find it on line.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-the-sun/706834/26 "2014-12-26T03:35:55Z")

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I just started a new project. It’s a fairy sitting on a leaf in the sun. As soon as I get somewhere I’ll take some pictures.

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