Stained Glass Video Tutorials

How To Deal With Imperfections in the Glass

You know when you’re halfway through making a score and you suddenly hit a little snag in the glass that stops your cutter wheel in its’ tracks? What do you do? Click here to rescue a score with confidence

A Cutting Trick To Help Your Accuracy

What happens if you’ve tried and tried but STILL can’t cut stained glass as neatly as you’d like? You’ve tried the obvious but nothing works.  This video shows a technique that you may not have thought of. Have a look at it and see if it helps you cut your glass shapes more accurately. Feel free to comment at the bottom of the page if you have any other ideas 🙂

Using the Correct Amount of Pressure When Cutting Glass

The key to a perfect cutting score is not a mystery. The trick is to press only as hard as you need. Here’s a nifty test to help you to use the correct pressure when making a score. Click here to use the right cutting pressure

5 Ways to Run the Score

There isn’t one method to fit all situations… you need them all at your fingertips to cut shapes easily and accurately. Click here to learn the 5 ways

Holding Your Glass Cutter

Are you holding your cutter in the way that suits you best? Take control of your cutter and build confidence with your cutting with this 2 minute video

Using the Tapping Method For Glass Cutting

You’ve made the score and you just can’t separate the glass. What do you do? You can’t go over it again and you don’t want to waste the glass. Help! Click here to learn how to use the tapping technique to separate glass. 3 videos covering easy, intermediate and difficult tapping techniques.

Cutting Glass With Scissors – Just For Fun

It can’t be possible. Can it? Join in the fun with me as I give you PROOF that you can cut stained glass with a pair of regular scissors. Not true? Then click here to believe your eyes

How to Cut An Accurate Circle in Glass

Circles are gentle shapes that add a lovely organic feel to a stained glass panel. With Milly’s help you can learn to cut a perfect circle with just a cutter and a pair of grozing pliers. You don’t even need a grinder.

Using The Iron Tip To Control Heat

Most people don’t use all the different edges of the soldering iron tip. Your stained glass soldering will improve if you start learning this trick. I guarantee it! Click here to see how to control the iron’s heat

Soldering Beaded Edges

Click to learn how to solder a lovely rounded edge on your sun catchers and finish them off a treat 🙂

How to Tin Your Own Wire

Save $$ by tinning your own wire for adding details to your stained glass. Click here to see the tinning wire video

Filling Gaps Before Soldering

If you find you have gaps despite all your efforts at cutting accurately, this video shows how to fill the gaps before soldering. Obviously it’s best to avoid unsightly gaps and recut the glass but sometimes this just isn’t an option.

Stained Glass Video on  Soldering Lead Came

If you’re struggling with getting neat soldered joints on your leaded panels there are techniques to help you. Have a look at this video, it shares tricks to get the solder to stay neatly where you want it to be. Once you get the hang of it you can say goodbye to solder blobs that blob everywhere!

5 Tips For Cheap Tools

Stained glass doesn’t have to mean mega-bucks. There are lots of tips that can help reduce the amount you spend on tools and materials. Click here to see 5 cost saving tricks for stained glass

The Best Circle Cutter and How To Use It

If you’re thinking about purchasing a circle cutter but are anxious about buying yet another tool that gathers dust, this video will get you cutting circles in 5 minutes. No more misshapen suns for you!

Essential Stained Glass Tools Video

I’m very interested to see if you agree with me about what you really need to make stained glass using the copper foil technique. This video lists each of the essential stained glass tools with explanations. Feel free to comment below if there’s anything I’ve missed!

Vintage Plate Ideas

Everyone has a vintage plate from their family. The great news is that you can incorporate it into an ingenious stained glass panel. At the same time you’ll be creating a family heirloom.  Click here to see what you can create with a vintage plate. I guarantee you’ll be amazed.

Signing Your Work

If you want to sign your stained glass or make other marks – a grandchild’s drawing for example – click here.

How to Cut Neat Angles in Lead Came

Lead came is a strange material. It squashes and doesn’t cut at the correct angle. There are many ways to conquer lead came. Don’t let it beat you! Click here to see how to cut accurate angles in lead came