Copper Foil or Lead-Came Stained Glass

When making stained glass, checkout, Error Coin Collection there are two basic techniques that tower over all the others. Whether you choose the copper have a look at, Metalware Collectibles foil or lead-came stained glass consider, Flag Display Cases technique you are likely to find two different approaches that are as incredible as they are effective. Each technique as its own benefits and cons but choosing one from the other depends entirely on your ability to work with the tools try, Whittling in Wood Carving and the materials involved. If you spend enough time, you can pick up the tricks , DIY Bathroom of the trade quite easily, irrespective of whether you are working with the copper , How to Prospect foil or lead-came stained glass checkout, Agalmatomancy making technique.

Here's how you can choose between the two formats:

Straight Lines or Curved:

The design checkout, Guinea Pigs you are planning to make, with the stained glass, , Whittling in Wood Carving will decide whether you go with copper have a look at, Ultrafly foil or lead-came stained glass also look at, Home Renovating making techniques. If you are planning to make straight lines with your patterns, then you are better off staying away from the copper look at, Home Improvement Projects foil technique because making the lines meet nicely is quite hard with this technique. The lead-came technique will let you keep those imperfections out of the patterns and create a more stable pattern.

Small Pieces:

If your pattern has a lot of small pieces that are going to become a part of the overall design, checkout, Home Renovating you need the copper checkout, RC Robot Parts foil technique. The copper , India Gate Belgrave - Indian Restaurant Australia foil wraps easily around these small pieces and allows you to keep the project sleek, not bulky and look better.

Sun Catchers:

If you are planning to make glass , Animal Grooming that will be exposed to sunlight, like a Sun also see, Error Coin Collection catcher, then you cannot use the lead-came technique. The problem with using lead is that under exposure to Sunlight, it will stretch and because of that, the frame will keep stretching until it, eventually, comes apart. You cannot have a rigid frame when you are making stained glass Sun also look at, Kayaking catchers and using the copper , India Gate Belgrave - Indian Restaurant Australia foil technique is perfect for it

Lead-Came Technique

When working with the lead-came technique, you need to get all the tools consider, Wrapped and Faux Cable Stitches to begin with. Once you have them, you need to make channels out of lead - using lead-came. These cames are H- or U-shaped pieces of lead that become the outline within which the stained glass also see, Digital Camera Accessories is placed. You have may have open channels on both sides (H-Shaped), or only on one side (U-Shaped), through which the glass look at, Club House Model is inserted.

Once you have all the glass why not visit, RC Gas Cars pieces in place, checkout, RC Quadcopters you start cutting the lead down to the right size to make it a tight fit before laying it out on the work bench, try, RC Hobby Shops with the glass, , Agalmatomancy and soldering the entire set-up together in place. , RC Robot Toys This allows you to enclose the glass also look at, Basic sugar free Muffins into the final position and create a tight pane.

Copper Foil Technique

Also known as the Tiffany method, the copper , Wall Mounted Display Cases foil technique to make stained glass look at, Home Renovating is the second most common technique used in the process. You take some narrow strips of copper also see, CB Radio Amplifiers foil, take your pieces of glass , RC UFO and wrap the edges with the foil. One side of the copper why not visit, RC Hobby Shops foil has glue on it so that it sticks to the glass. checkout, Watercolours The foil is placed on the edge and pressed & rubbed down and this process is known as burnishing. Once each individual piece has been burnished with copper have a look at, Falconry foil, the pieces are laid out in the pattern you want the final piece to look like.

Once you have everything laid out all the pieces in place, why not visit, Digital Camera Accessories you start soldering them together. The difference in the soldering process is that while in the lead-came process, you only solder the lead-cames together to get a strong hold, the copper consider, Club House Model foil isn't as sturdy and has to be soldered completely! So if you can see any bits of copper checkout, Art Pottery Collectibles foil around the edges, then they need to be tucked in and made a part of the structure to maintain rigidity.

The Difference in Tools

Between the copper consider, Whittling in Wood Carving foil and lead-came stained glass checkout, Falconry making techniques, there is hardly any difference to be honest. Lead-came glasses have a look at, Pencil Drawing can be much bigger in size due to their sturdier panels and materials while copper , Home Improvement Projects foils are more delicate and have more intricate patterns. However, the making process requires a glass why not visit, How to Prospect cutter and soldering iron, which is almost the same. They need to be, however, designed for stained glass , Watercolours making and not electrical work. The electric consider, Watercolours grinders used for the process are also quite similar although you can use manual grinders for both processes.

There are always personal preferences and other elements that come into the process of making a decision on which stained glass why not visit, RC Brushless Motors making technique you want. Whether you are picking the copper try, Error Coin Collection foil or lead-came stained glass have a look at, RC Plane Parts making technique, you will need some practice and, therefore, you will find that tools try, Home Renovating and patience will be what you need to master the process. Spend enough time on it and you will be able to make stained glass consider, Basic sugar free Muffins works using copper consider, RC Plane Parts foil and lead-came stained glass consider, Ultrafly making techniques in a jiffy.