Materials

An introduction - by MoSci

Physical and Chemical

Types of glass

Glass types - by production method
Cylinder glass - now hand blown exclusively
Flashed glass - a film of colour on a different coloured base
Finding the flashed side - methods to determine
Maintaining the flashed side - methods to maintain knowledge of which is the flashed side
Float glass - description of the term
Toughened/Tempered glass - how the safety glass is made
Laminated glass - description of the characteristics
Figure rolled glass - the process of rolling patterns into the glass
Rolled plate glass - a description
Table glass - a description
Broad sheet glass - a description
Drawn sheet glass - sometime called crown glass

Surface treatments

Adhesive - the purpose
Oxidisation - removing and protecting
Foil width and and panel strength - there is little relation between foil width and panel strength

Safety - precautions
Physics of solder - melting and solidifying temperatures
Solder compositions - melting and solidifying temperatures of a variety of alloys
Hard solder - uses, including zinc to lead or solder
Solder compositions for stained glass - tin/lead alloys
Solder for zinc - Galvanite
Melting points - tin/lead compositions
Eutectic solders - those that melt and solidify at the same temperature
Lead free - effect on soldering bits
Lead free - more info - some difficulties
Lead free - melting points - temperature characteristics of various alloys
Lead free - more info - characteristics of some common solders
Solder alloys 1 - tin/lead alloys with other metals
Solder alloys 2 - characteristics and uses of less common solders
Flux core solder - difficulties in use
Soldering materials - principles and methods
Reclaiming solder - methods of remelting solder into sticks

Stained Glass Tips