Though you can't see it here I cracked one of the clouds when I was puttying. Very frustrating as I was complete and it wasn't possible to fix. If there was a plus side the cloud is a solid color so you can't tell unless you are up close to the panel. It's made it's way to my brothers house and should now be hanging in its new home.
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A man after my own heart. Stained glass and woodworking. A great combination. I really like putting a piece of glass or two in a wood project or a piece of wood in a glass project. I do a lot of F.L.W panels in came, always zinc came. I have done a lot things in zinc that everyone says can't be done, like make small circles with only one joint. Some medical problems a few years ago left me with very shaky hands and my soldering skills suffered. So I switched to came. I use a Dremel tool mounted on my table saw to cut the came. That way I can use my mitre guages to cut very exact joints. I do my puttying differently, again in a way they say can't be done. I thin it out and use a small plastic syrings from childrens cough medicine to squeeze a bead of putty into the came grooves before soldering the joints being careful to stay away from the joints so as not to contaminate the joint. Then when I am all done a simple scraping along the came edges and I am done. No whiting, no wiping and best of all, no mess.
Thanks for the comment. These days I am more on the glass side than the wood side. Probably because I can work on a project for awhile without taking up too much space in my shop.
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