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The pattern plan of Ship's wheel suncatcher, 245 × 245 mm in 41 pieces: its lead lines, every glass lettered, and its colour key.

Free stained glass pattern

Ship's wheel suncatcher

by VETRATA

A ship's wheel: amber spokes and handles, a dark amber rim, clear water wave between the spokes, and a mottled hub.

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Size
245 × 245 mm, to resize to your opening
Pieces
41, every one numbered
Technique
Copper foil
Glasses
4, each lettered on the plan
Type
Suncatcher
Style
Contemporary
Shape
Free-form

A Vetrata file, not a fixed PDF: open it in VETRATA Studio with File › Open Glass file, resize it to your opening, try it in your own glass and print the cutting pattern full size.

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In light

lit from behind, as the Studio's Preview shows it

Ship's wheel suncatcher glazed, lit from behind.
As it is

What the file gives you

Every figure measured from Ship's wheel suncatcher itself

The cutting pattern, full size
Printed true to scale on your own printer: 2 sheets of A4 or 2 of US Letter at this size, with marks to tape them by and a 100 mm square to check the printer.
A pattern plan with a colour key
Every piece numbered and each of its 4 glasses lettered, the leads drawn the width of their came.
Any size you need
Resized to your opening in the Studio, the leads stay the width of your came. How to resize a pattern and print it
Lead came or copper foil
Drawn for copper foil; switch it in the Studio, and the cut lines follow. Lead came or copper foil?
Pieces for a CNC or laser cutter
Every piece on its own, as SVG or DXF.
Free
Download the file and open it in VETRATA Studio, free in your browser.
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