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Great tutorial! Thanks 😊

What kind of regulator do you use? thanks

What is the machine you’re using at 12:30 over the top of the glass?

Simply gorgeous, and those colours!!

Thank you for this tutorial. Is it necessary to 'clean' the lead came before soldering? Really having trouble, using 60/40 solder and liquid Flux. No flow at all. (an amateur that has been out of practice for a number of years.) Thinking it could be my soldering iron - the tip specifically. And sponges, will any type of sponge do? TIA

That was awesome! Loved it❤❤❤

Thank you Sophie.

Hint: a faint dusting of whiting on an old worn paint brush is a great way to clean up the glass and ‘seal’ the putty. Alternatively spray 50/50 meth and water….my go-to post puttying cleaner. Meths alone smears.

Nice job. Two things though: I didn’t see you bending the opened out lead came back over the glass prior to puttying. I place my leadknife between the glass and lead then, using my lathekin and pushing against the knife so as not to break the glass, I ease the flange back into its original form. If done carefully you’d never know it had been touched. Also, without being neurotic about the dangers of lead, during on site repairs like this lead oxides are disturbed and released into the air right in front of your mouth. So it’s 100% advisable to mask up. (30 years full time experience BTW)

Thank you

Hi I’m a beginner thanks for your tutorials, camouflaged tell me how thick the glass is and what size the lead came is please.

Very satisfying watching you make such flawless repairs. I have a big window I need to repair and am going to try and replace a few pieces from the middle as taking the whole thing out of the frame would be very time consuming. When working with lead came are there any hazards with touching it? Thanks.

Good to know, Ty

Found this most informative. Thank you. ❤

Good video ❤

Manual says never rotate the piece but follow the line. Ie: improper use of saw, they didn't read the manual or watch the training video!!!!

I’ve been searching for this tool for hours and Google had no idea. I’m so glad that I came across with your channel and really appreciated for this video🙏thanks so much

That's awesome! Thanks for the lesson.

Great video Sophie. Can this be done in situ? The copper wires have become detached from the solder due to the window cleaner pressing too hard. Thanks

I have a big stained glass window I need to repair. Great tips. Thanks.

Nice job

Have you tried using a little heat .

thanks Sophie! Subscribed and Liked

Very helpful! Thanks for the detailed instructions.

Your videos are great!! I just got you book in the mail. I can’t wait to read it!! Thank you for making it about lead. Most of the books are about foil.

Hi Sophie. I am hoping to add silver stain to a portion of yello glass to give an appearance of orange. I also keen to use tracing paint too on the same piece . Is this possible and which order should this be done? Many thanks S

I tried my first stained glass project today, sadly I didnt pay enough attention before and I ordered only 4mm lead. It's so narrow! I gave up after one hour of struggling. Will give it one more go tomorrow, but I think I'll have to order the 12mm for the outside from and 8mm for the rest just like you're doing here. Thank you for uploading this tutorial!

Thanks for your great videos. Such helpful tips. Are you using zinc came for the sides of the panel? Will lead came also work?

Very interesting! I am curious about how these are connected to the actual frame. Could you elaborate?

Would the stove polish work on Zinc lead border?

Apologies, ignore my previous message, was too hasty asking about the cello tape. Watched to the end😅

This was helpful, thanks. I'm a novice. Are you rubbing flux onto the joins? TIA

Reply please

Sir my requirement lead in india please send me lead name and lead address in india available

How do you reuse little solder balls that have dropped onto glass or board instead of throwing them away?

This was such a tense watch. Well done it looked fabulous.

Thank you, thank you, so much!

Hello - thanks for the videos. Can I please ask you what kind of polisher you use? And are you always polishing your stained glass pieces? Thanks for your answers.

you said the lead is hard and not pliable. Could you heat the lead up? not with a blow tourch but say, with a hair dryer?

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Thank you

It is beautiful, Sophie. I admire you so much.

Thanks for the very helpful video! Is there a minimum rebate that is required to squeeze in a panel? I'd like to replace my clear float glass with a panel, but with the current glass being 2mm, the rebate is fairly shallow.

i love it

Weirdly encouraging to see someone so expert struggle with the cutting--though with much better results than my struggles, of course.😅

Fabulous 👏👏👏

Sophie, I’m a beginner and you are an awesome teacher! I am learning so much from you. Where do you get your simple patterns? Thank you!

Also, what do you do when you score a line, seemingly correctly, & it just will not break. I've tried all the things you've mentioned (& that I've seen elsewhere--the tapping & waggling & the different pressure of different pliers or thumbs), & you, like everyone, say you can't re-score (because it...hurt the cutting head? I'm not clear on that). Same glass, which may be part of the problem, but it's really the best glass for the application.

I have been working on my cutting skills but, with 2 pieces of glass that I've been trying to cut--granted, into incredibly difficult long, narrow curved pieces--I literally could not have these pieces if I didn't have a grinder. In fact, I tried nibbling them to neatness with the grozier pliers & kept breaking them, no matter how careful, slow, & delicate I tried to be. Maybe I shouldn't have tried such pieces with these 2 kinds of glass, but I was trying to get the mottled look of light through leaves as seen through sheer fabric, & only one kind of glass seemed to convey that--but it was quite heavily textured, which seemed to be the problem. The other problematic glass had the look of fabric & was perfect, but it too had a texture that caught my cutting edge again & again. And when I tried to use the groziers to neaten it, there seemed to be hard little nuggets in the glass that resisted any pressure that wouldn't damage the piece. Aside from just doing something else, do you have any advice for cutting extremely delicate pieces for extremely difficult glass--especially as you argue against a grinder, which, as I've said, saved me, though it was a slog. (I love your videos. You are perfect.)

I love your work, Sophie. The glass you fused is beautiful