How to Make Stained Glass Boxes
- 1). Draw a box shape and design on paper or cardboard. Cut out the shape with scissors.
- 2). Use the pattern to trace the shape onto glass with a permanent marker.
- 3). Cut glass with the glass-cutting tool from the soldering kit. Follow kit instructions for use.
- 4). Brush flux across the side and bottom panel pieces and add foil to panels.
- 5). Solder the side and bottom panel pieces.
- 6). Brush flux across the box top panel piece and foil.
- 7). Cut the metal tube to the length of the box top panel.
- 8). Solder the metal tube to the back of the top panel piece.
- 9). Insert the rod from the metal tubing kit through the attached top panel tube.
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Solder the inside of the box top panel to the tube attachment. - 11
Cut two pieces of chain with running pliers. The chain will attach backside panel and top panel. - 12
Solder the chain pieces to the corners of the backside panel and the top box panel.