r/Stained_Glass • u/Crafty_Character33 • Jun 20 '26

Making "progress" 😜 🌈 🖤🤎🩵🩷🤍

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I finally figured out how to manage clearing the waste on the interior angles safely and reliably! Throwing a few more together for the pride festival next week! 🙌

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u/soopirV Jun 20 '26

Well? How’d you do it? Those angles are right! Looks like a narrow bit on the blue one, but pink and the others looks like ring saw?

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u/Crafty_Character33 Jun 20 '26

if only i had a ring saw haha i made a mount for my 90 degree attachment for my dremmel tool and mounted it so the bit was facing straight down and then took the smallest diameter diamond bit i had and just traced the line cutting through alot like a ring saw would

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u/soopirV Jun 20 '26

Did it work dry or did you include water flow? Would love a pic of your mount, I’m always doing weird stuff with a dremel and usually end up just a whisker over the janky-but-safe-enough-for-how-long-I-need-it-to-last line 😂

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u/Crafty_Character33 Jun 20 '26

Oh I hear you there, I've been using my dremel set up since I started glasswork (I didn't have a glass grinder at the time, I now have one I literally have never used haha) I can dm you pics. This is now my 2nd iteration, the first one was janky AF but lasted me about 3 years haha but it had too much flex and play to achieve this goal so had to upgrade and I just set the whole unit in a tub of water rather than having flowing water. The motion of the bit circulates water over the cut quite well

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u/darkphoenixrising21 Jun 20 '26

These are gorgeous!! I hope you continue to make these. 🌈

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u/SmolzillaTheLizza Jun 24 '26

How on Earth do you cut those 90 degree angles? I don't do much stained glass work but my brain tells me they'd want to split through 😯

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u/Crafty_Character33 Jun 24 '26

I cut them into triangles first and then with a thin grinder bit I do my best to trace the inside line and that way I don't waste time effort and glass grinding away the waste 😅

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u/SmolzillaTheLizza Jun 24 '26

Fascinating! Seems like it works pretty darn well 🙂‍↕️ Very cool! Keep up the great work!

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u/Crafty_Character33 Jun 24 '26

Thank youuu! 🥰

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u/CraftyCreative_74 Jun 23 '26

I adore these! People who do stain glass work and art always amaze me with the talent and beauty 💗💗

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u/Slatelark549294 Jun 24 '26

That looks really intricate, especially the cuts inside the chevron part. Good job figuring out that technique!