These are the essential tools and items you will need to get started:
1. Glass
Stained glass is glass that is pre-made with different colors and texture combinations. Glass can also be mirrors that you can use for any project. Glass sheets come in clear, color, mirrors, or any combinations. We typically use a standard thickness of about 1/8" and this is what you will mostly find at stores and online shops.
2. Glass cutter
The glass cutter is used to score the top surface of the glass so the glass can break in the way and shape you want it to.
3. Cutting Oil
Cutting oil helps to reduce friction as you score along the glass surface. It also reduces wear on your cutting wheel.
The running pliers helps to run or break the glass at the score line.
The combo pliers is used to groze the glass or to chip away at the glass as to shape it. It can also be used as breaking pliers to break the glass away from itself at the score line.
The grinding stone is used to remove sharp edges from the glass after breaking.
The copper foil is used to wrap the edges of the glass pieces and is where solder flows onto to bond the glass pieces together.
8. Flux
Flux is used to help flow the solder onto the copper foil so they can bond together.
9. Solder
Solder flows onto the copper foil which gives strength and holds the glass pieces together.
10. Soldering iron
The soldering iron is used to melt the hard solder so it can form over the copper foil.
