Home > Video Channel > Making Stained Glass Windows

Making Stained Glass Windows

Bob learns the process used to create stained glass windows. Designs begin on paper, blown to actual size and traced onto the glass using a light table. A variety of glass types are used to create the "skylights" used in the Studio City home.
Get Adobe Flash Player to see this content.

Chapters from this episode

Clip Transcript For:

Making Stained Glass Windows

  computer-generated transcript - may not be 100% accurate

" Well this is the -- project here and we have a few more pieces of glass to cut -- majority of the window cut here Ken done is working on another project. On that table that -- looks like similar to us what he's doing over here is very different time."

" This is for another client this count goes into a bathroom matter fact this sections in the shower and these two pieces are over the top. We have a nice feeling with some. Really pretty bottom colored leaves here that we're this factory. As you see we start -- dark water in the background behind curls around from the rocks we. Drop and threw water bomb. And it -- tonight -- lighter stream."

" So most people have trouble just inventing that design on a piece of paper how do you take this and translated into stained glass panels."

" We take this small piece of artwork with added overhead projector and -- at full scale onto our tactics that's what I'm looking at here is overlook of one of those panels exactly that we're looking at is the reverse of this center panel here from it little clamps are also these on the east."

" Cutting all this must be a real challenge how to do it."

" Let me tell time that is our glass cutter show us on a piece like this list which is -- we do need to work without. Light table oh wow it."

" OK so that you can see your yours your tracing lines right through the -- it."

" Melissa yeah yeah and that. We can come right over here just scribe read along this line."

" Spot that we hold tool think --"

" Now that -- there just gives us a week a weak point in the glass. Accidentally go to get it. You put your goggles without goggles on Thursday on it and and just did publish times. Through bring the fractured throat sentence should be a little left -- the quiet. And you've seen this well it right in that area they -- and I next cut will come across o'clock."

" Well Jim let's talk about our panels and they were designed by. Gavin -- our our homeowner yes they've provided us with the artwork yes it is right here basically and it's kind of a grid date. They're patterned. Quarter inch to the end saudis didn't load up to their exact sizes right here OK -- eyeglasses are we using here these look quite unusual but this is a -- core -- actually a new glass that is made to be produced an old glass from the period. Over here we have -- black. Water blast -- spectrum company. As little texture to -- but -- cannot see through it right and this here is a spectrum -- it has a different -- the Senate floor so at this station you've -- you that you kind of -- all the different components that's correct for for putting the panel together where you assemble a panel. In the back workshop. So that would be where -- letting aspect of the story comes in that is correct and we take a look at them. They we got to work stations back here the first one of Mario and he's letting windows that I just cuts up front okay. And what do you call the letting pieces these channels if you will that received the glass this is let -- It's shaped like the letter eight inch piece of glass goes cannot -- side of it and it's pretty flexible it is flexible. Now is this the same way that they made stained and leaded glass windows 500 years ago with a great cathedrals using -- Yes it is the basic process is still the same it still made by hand are tools may be a little bit better we do use an electric soldering iron or I'll show you -- Britain and and so each line and these are all rectal in your pieces but each slide is cut and fitted. By hand that is correct. And then once although leaded sections are cut and fitted together what's the next day closed up over there for the next step is soldering the windows and -- here is doing -- Right now he's apply flux flux creates a clean surface for the sought to stick to. OK and solder iron is heating up. So that basically it's just like in plumbing where you've got to have. The the flux there to. To prepare the surface and remove the tensions so that the solder. Those floods across load across and blend in with the lead. If any solder figured -- platforms in the class and the heat of the solder wouldn't. Crack the glass curtain but he's very careful not to leave the iron out last Britney. Extended period of time OK and once the the the solder joint is set does that give the the whole panel it's structural integrity I mean what we're going to -- both sides of course okay. And then the final step is to apply glazing compound when. Now why do you need to putting glazing compound. Well -- putting those updates spaces between the glass and the Latin therefore prevents and rattling terrific."

" It also would prevent any water from seeping through it it is windows were installed through the exterior. "

" But these will be up and our ceiling now coming at the ready to go we have three and I'm ready to take with you now to --"

 [-]


More Videos »Related Videos

Steel Kitchen Table
Steel Kitchen Table

Bob Vila meets with contractor Ed Weller, who explains how the steel-framed kitchen table will support a surface of Surell and also how the table will be mounted.

Butcher Block Table
Butcher Block Table

A butcher block table can help make your kitchen much more efficient: Built to take a beating, butcher block doubles as a functional chopping surface as well as an eating or serving table. Butcher block is made of hard maple, a dense, strong wood that doesn't add flavor to what you're chopping on it. It's cut across the grain so it will wear evenly without warping. Just keep it clean and oil it occasionally; it will last for years.

Installing Wireless Interior Lighting Controls
Installing Wireless Interior Lighting Controls

This 1920s-era house had almost no exterior lighting and not even a place to plug in the Christmas lights. Electrician John Schiavone installed new lighting outlets for the exterior and interior of the home. The lighting fixtures and table lamps in the living room are all operated by wireless control. Ben Wilson Jr. of Lutron/Keyes North Atlantic reviews the features of this system. The control unit has five settings for the homeowner to set, which will control various lights in the house. The system seeks out and uses wireless frequencies that are not currently in use and will not impede the use of other wireless devices in the area. Each room of the house is equipped with a dimmer switch that for manual operation.

Completing the Miami Master Bedroom
Completing the Miami Master Bedroom

The finishes put the final touches on the bedroom of the Miami condo. The bed is from Nature's Rest and has a renewable latex technology. Vintage finds like the glass-topped dressing table and stool, bedside table, and Saarinen-styled modern table complement the design of the space along with reading lights on the walls. The dressing room area is complete with his-and-her small closets, the separate vanity, luggage space and unpacking station with cubbies. The bathroom is awash in light and color with Vitrus glass tile in the shower and glass doors. Towels by Frontgate, made of 70 percent Modal fiber for quicker, more effective drying, are folded and ready for guests.

Related Products & Services Showrooms

Shop for Interior & Exterior Doors - Lowest Price Guaranteed
Shop for Interior & Exterior Doors - Lowest Price Guaranteed

…out? Solid mahogany interior and exterior doors add beauty and sophistication to…
…of front door systems, wood doors, exterior doors, entry doors, interior doors…
…2 Panel Solid Arched Mahogany Door Exterior Doors $479 Exterior Oval Glass…

Plumbing, kitchen and bath fixtures
Plumbing, kitchen and bath fixtures

…com: Redefining your expectations for plumbing, kitchen, and bath fixtures. Thousands of decorative plumbing products including faucets, sinks…
…selection and innovation in decorative plumbing. Unlike other sites which are limited…

More Content »More Content

Home Air Pollutants
Home Air Pollutants

…strandboard, are produced for exterior construction use and contain…
…as possible by purchasing exterior-grade products, which emit…
…activities such as soldering and stained-glass making. Health Effects…
…inside the home from household plumbing that is made with lead materials…

Kohler Plumbing Fixtures
Kohler Plumbing Fixtures

…operate individually or in paired combinations. Self-contained plumbing and curcuitry allow easy installation, and make this unit…
…access front service panel with water-tight seal. The exterior of Kohler's MasterShower tower is made of extruded aluminum…

Choosing Exterior and Interior Doors
Choosing Exterior and Interior Doors

…Peachtree 700 Series Hinged Door with clad exterior and interior of distinctive hardwood…
…Peachtree 700 Series Hinged Door with clad exterior and interior of distinctive hardwood…
…top doorway." Finding the Perfect Exterior Door When it comes to choosing an…

Outdoor Home Lighting: Creating a Safe, Secure and Beautiful Exterior
Outdoor Home Lighting: Creating a Safe, Secure and Beautiful Exterior

Exterior lighting adds visual interest to your…
…courtesy of >Wood River Evergreens. Exterior lighting adds visual interest to your…
…courtesy of Wood River Evergreens. Exterior lighting involves much more than putting…

Browse Topics

Click on a letter to browse content by topic alphabetically.



About  | FAQ  | Contact  | Sitemap  | Privacy Policy  | Terms of Use  | Help

© BobVila.com 2009