Stained Glass SEED OF LIFE - Soldering

[@unbroken222]

Thank you for sharing your work!! It looks great!! No one else in my family is interested in glassing with me so I'm glad you exist!!😁👍

[@Erika-uu8tj]

Thank you for your videos. Just a small suggestion though....if you’re going to make a video about soldering could you not fast forward through the entire thing so that we could at least see how it’s done in real time? It would be much appreciated! 😊 especially by us newbies who are just starting.

[@chelsea8553]

Looks awesome! My teacher taught me to use a piece of drywall as the work surface! Very easy to work with, cut down to size, cheap, doesn’t catch fire, and easy to push pins in to hold the glass in place.

[@MariaSudderth]

I really like the pin trick. I have never seen it before.

[@sarahkerr9671]

Beautiful. Inspires me to get into this. I’ve wanted to learn this for years. Thanks for teaching

[@Nascarstatman.]

Thanks for the video! Newbie here getting inspired.

[@chrish297]

Thank you for the video. It was really helpful to see what you were doing =) I just ordered my first grinder so I can't wait to start making better pieces. I really like the spacing you did in between the pieces that was fun.

[@en2336]

Wow- the care and attention to detail. This is truly high-quality work done with love

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Thank you so much!

[@ashleymcalister8745]

Absolutely beautiful! Can't wait to see the final result. 💜

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Very nice

[@rebeccalambert7240]

Yay! Beautiful piece

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Thank you 😍

[@zaklinacz70]

Awesome work :)

[@brettjackson5527]

Instead of using lead came on your boarder you might want to consider using zinc. It comes in many sizes and is made to put a finished edge on a foiled project just like this. Great video project turned out really nice..

[@angelakrautman8680]

You do beautiful work!

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Thank you very much!

[@rickymarino1208]

Awesum

[@bachannel2680]

Awesome, been waiting!!!

[@janefife8857]

Try a cork board with your pins I find it works well

[@StainedGlassDIY]

thanks!

[@travishaugen4403]

Solder flows by capillary action tighter the better!

[@newhomemech]

Awesome video man ! Im about to hop into my first soldering project right now and watching this gave me some insight into what makes a good finished product. How long did the soldering part of your project take ?

[@debratryanowski620]

What size tip are you using in this video.

[@jorgeferrales8365]

Hola gracias por tus videos y lo que nos aporta quisiera saber que soldador utilizas y donde lo compras...gracias gracias

[@StainedGlassDIY]

thank you, I use this iron geni.us/hakkofx601

[@Carolinej824]

Quick question please, when doing a lead came border only- do you still add the cement and whiting powder?? thank you!

[@JustClay63]

Great piece. I wish you’d fast forward through searching for nails and slow down when doing the actual soldering. But again, beautiful work.😅

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Good feedback thank you.

[@nikita.yazhechkin]

Thank you. Do you tin-plate the tip of the soldering iron before soldering?

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Yes I do. Always help to have solder on the iron tip before soldering.

[@dianelivingston4674]

Where can I get this pattern.

[@elvirahitchcock4054]

Where do you buy horseshoe nails

[@khicks2832]

Tractor supply or a farm store

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Here are some geni.us/hrsnails

[@tonytwostep_]

Came out great! Any recommendations as to where to buy glass sheets at?

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Thanks! Best to buy locally so you can pick out the glass. If not online is fine too.

[@charlottemcnulty9194]

Hobby lobby

[@saskiakramer850]

I bought my first soldering iron in a stained glass shop last week. This one is supposed to be specifically for Tiffany work. The operating temperature is 500 degrees celcius and its not adjustable. Isn't that ridiculously high? It confuses me because all the tutorials recommend a much lower temperature.

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Yea that’s too hot for me. You can buy a rheostat temp controller to be able to change that.

[@johnbaker6255]

What is the best type of face mask to wear when soldering.Can you provide a link to the product that you recommend please.

[@StainedGlassDIY]

This is what I'm using: geni.us/3Mhalf and filter geni.us/3Mfilter

[@Dicer328]

Get yourself a label maker and tag those drawers! You'll save yourself so much time and work will flow much easier. Trust me.

[@StainedGlassDIY]

Haha I got one 😝 more of a user problem

[@blaskoxx4954]

If you were doing a huge background or sky you want as much continues glass as you can get. One piece.

[@blaskoxx4954]

well broken up but-just look at Tiffany's best stain glass pieces its like top 10.

[@blaskoxx4954]

Cut hands much?

[@sorscha]

Why'd you have to do us like that with the spinning stuff at the end?! Dude, my anxiety!!

[@StainedGlassDIY]

😅😭

[@usagi5907]

love your work... audio = dfaqq ?? tone down the load much y/n

[@poipoi300]

Is there a reason you're using leaded solder outside of the lower melting point or the shine? It might be obvious but I'm not a stained glass guy. I don't think the glass would crack from the temperature required to melt silver or other solders which don't contain lead. It just seems like a health hazard could be avoided for no real loss. Also slight critique on your soldering technique. For best adhesion you should heat up the area you want to solder and then add solder onto the area, not the iron. If that's not possible because of the risk of cracking the glass, then you should still press the iron on the piece and add solder to the iron without removing the iron. Tapping the iron as you did will often produce cold welds and the temperature needs to be significantly higher for it to even work.

[@StainedGlassDIY]

hey thanks for the comment. I'm not even sure how I soldered that piece at this point since it's been so long. The glass does crack if you let the iron sit too long so I like to move quickly around the piece. Also, there is really no need to heat up the area like you would with zinc or other metals that could take that heat but copper foil will peel off and that adhesion will melt off and will lift from the glass so it gets plenty hot and does take solder nicely with some flux. The lead came is delicate and will melt from the iron so also no need to heat that up to prevent cold welds from my experience but thanks for pointing that out as soldering can be difficult to learn and master.

[@gailkfrommaryland7598]

This post is so old you might not see my response, but here goes. Lead free solder is very hard on a soldering iron tip. It won't last near as long with lead free as it will with leaded solder. If you use lead free, use a dedicated tip for that kind. You really only need to use lead free if you make jewelry. As long as you don't put the leaded solder in your mouth it won't hurt you!!!! When melting leaded solder for stained glass it doesn't get hot enough to put off harmful fumes. We don't use anywhere near the heat for that to be a concern. It's the acid in the flux that might be harmful if you don't have ventilation. Don't be concerned about the lead!!!!!

[@poipoi300]

@@gailkfrommaryland7598 Hm, I'll believe you on the tips for sure since any additional heat would hasten oxidation at minimum, but for lead fumes you're incorrect. Not only do you need ventilation but you also need filtration. If you look at filters used in soldering stations you'll see that over time there is visible lead that gathers on them. If you don't have filtration on top of ventilation, then you're recirculating lead in your environment or sending it outside.

[@Name-ot3xw]

It's not a real toolbox if there isn't a bag of rusty fasteners rotting away somewhere

[@almaflores9759]

Don’t care to watch you search for horseshoe nails. Poor prep for video. Not watching.

[@StainedGlassDIY]

🤣🤣🤣

[@raindancearts6634]

Hahahaha I thought it was endearing and humble

[@StainedGlassDIY]

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