Copper Foil or Lead-Came Stained Glass

When making stained glass, also see, RC Quadcopter Controllers there are two basic techniques that tower over all the others. Whether you choose the copper try, Diecast Trucks foil or lead-came stained glass consider, Sugar Free Apple Sauce Muffins 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 see, Fighting Robots and the materials involved. If you spend enough time, you can pick up the tricks have a look at, Foam RC Boat of the trade quite easily, irrespective of whether you are working with the copper also see, Home CB Radio foil or lead-came stained glass look at, Wedding Calligraphy making technique.

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

Straight Lines or Curved:

The design have a look at, How to Build an RC Robot you are planning to make, with the stained glass, have a look at, RC Stadium Trucks will decide whether you go with copper try, How to Build an RC Robot foil or lead-came stained glass , Collectible Guns and Firearms making techniques. If you are planning to make straight lines with your patterns, then you are better off staying away from the copper , Making Kids Birthday Cakes 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, have a look at, Doll Making Books you need the copper why not visit, Candle Making Equipment foil technique. The copper look at, RC Stadium Trucks 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 why not visit, Candle Making Equipment that will be exposed to sunlight, like a Sun , Japanese Model House 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 look at, Doll House Toy catchers and using the copper , Home CB Radio foil technique is perfect for it

Lead-Came Technique

When working with the lead-came technique, you need to get all the tools have a look at, Natural Soap Making 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 why not visit, Doll Making Books is placed. You have may have open channels on both sides (H-Shaped), or only on one side (U-Shaped), through which the glass checkout, Ham Radio - Amateur Radio is inserted.

Once you have all the glass have a look at, Using Software in Geofiction pieces in place, also see, RC Submarine 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, Collectible Coasters - Tegestology with the glass, why not visit, Doll House Toy and soldering the entire set-up together in place. look at, Diecast Trucks This allows you to enclose the glass , Lemon Cheesecake into the final position and create a tight pane.

Copper Foil Technique

Also known as the Tiffany method, the copper have a look at, Ham Radio - Amateur Radio foil technique to make stained glass have a look at, Free Doll Making is the second most common technique used in the process. You take some narrow strips of copper consider, Sugar Free Apple Sauce Muffins foil, take your pieces of glass consider, Free Doll Making and wrap the edges with the foil. One side of the copper have a look at, Sugar Free Apple Sauce Muffins foil has glue on it so that it sticks to the glass. try, RC Tank Treads 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, Diecast Trucks 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, , Natural Soap Making 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, Collectible Guns and Firearms foil isn't as sturdy and has to be soldered completely! So if you can see any bits of copper , How to Build an RC Robot 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, CB Radio Repair foil and lead-came stained glass look at, Wedding Calligraphy making techniques, there is hardly any difference to be honest. Lead-came glasses consider, Diecast Trucks can be much bigger in size due to their sturdier panels and materials while copper have a look at, Wood Carving and Whittling foils are more delicate and have more intricate patterns. However, the making process requires a glass checkout, CB Radio Repair cutter and soldering iron, which is almost the same. They need to be, however, designed for stained glass why not visit, Diecast Trucks making and not electrical work. The electric , Making Kids Birthday Cakes 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 Racing Cars making technique you want. Whether you are picking the copper have a look at, How to Patchwork foil or lead-came stained glass also look at, RC Racing Cars making technique, you will need some practice and, therefore, you will find that tools why not visit, Japanese Model House 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 see, Diecast Trucks works using copper also look at, Fighting Robots foil and lead-came stained glass look at, RC Submarine making techniques in a jiffy.