Copper Foil or Lead-Came Stained Glass

When making stained glass, why not visit, Robot Supplies - Robotic Supplies there are two basic techniques that tower over all the others. Whether you choose the copper try, RC Combat Robots foil or lead-came stained glass also look at, Sailboat Building 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 also look at, Cape Malay recipe for tomato bredie and the materials involved. If you spend enough time, you can pick up the tricks checkout, RC Boats Model Kits of the trade quite easily, irrespective of whether you are working with the copper also see, Famous Robots foil or lead-came stained glass also see, Drawing Eyebrows making technique.

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

Straight Lines or Curved:

The design have a look at, Crochet Yarn you are planning to make, with the stained glass, checkout, Plastic Car Display Case will decide whether you go with copper checkout, Electric Bikes For Sale Brisbane foil or lead-came stained glass also look at, DIY Kitchen Cupboards making techniques. If you are planning to make straight lines with your patterns, then you are better off staying away from the copper try, RC Quadrocopters 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, also look at, Fanfiction you need the copper look at, RC F1 Cars foil technique. The copper try, Sailboat Building 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 have a look at, Orissa Crab Curry that will be exposed to sunlight, like a Sun have a look at, Digital Photography Lighting 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, Jersey Display Cases catchers and using the copper why not visit, Boat Building Tools foil technique is perfect for it

Lead-Came Technique

When working with the lead-came technique, you need to get all the tools try, Plastic Car Display Case 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 have a look at, International Kite Festivals is placed. You have may have open channels on both sides (H-Shaped), or only on one side (U-Shaped), through which the glass also look at, Drawing Gestures is inserted.

Once you have all the glass also look at, Fanfiction pieces in place, checkout, Plastic Car Display Case you start cutting the lead down to the right size to make it a tight fit before laying it out on the work bench, look at, RC Sailplanes with the glass, also look at, Boat Building Tools and soldering the entire set-up together in place. consider, RC F1 Cars This allows you to enclose the glass also see, Knitting Socks into the final position and create a tight pane.

Copper Foil Technique

Also known as the Tiffany method, the copper look at, Knitting Socks foil technique to make stained glass also see, Digital SLR Camera is the second most common technique used in the process. You take some narrow strips of copper , Course Benefits - Certificate III Aged Care foil, take your pieces of glass , Fanfiction and wrap the edges with the foil. One side of the copper look at, Coin collecting Books foil has glue on it so that it sticks to the glass. why not visit, DIY Basement Bathroom 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, Boat Building Tools 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, Electric Bikes For Sale Brisbane 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 also see, Coin collecting Books foil isn't as sturdy and has to be soldered completely! So if you can see any bits of copper why not visit, Embroidery Cotton 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 have a look at, Electric Bikes For Sale Brisbane foil and lead-came stained glass why not visit, RC Bulldozer making techniques, there is hardly any difference to be honest. Lead-came glasses consider, Digital Photography Contest can be much bigger in size due to their sturdier panels and materials while copper consider, Jersey Display Cases foils are more delicate and have more intricate patterns. However, the making process requires a glass also see, Top Five Reasons Why You Should Not Repair The Roof by Yourself! cutter and soldering iron, which is almost the same. They need to be, however, designed for stained glass also see, Digital Photography Contest making and not electrical work. The electric also look at, Crochet Yarn 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 look at, Famous Robots making technique you want. Whether you are picking the copper consider, Digital Photography Contest foil or lead-came stained glass , RC Battleships making technique, you will need some practice and, therefore, you will find that tools consider, RC Sailplanes 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 also look at, Top Five Reasons Why You Should Not Repair The Roof by Yourself! works using copper why not visit, Plastic Car Display Case foil and lead-came stained glass also see, Sailboat Building making techniques in a jiffy.