| Badger |
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| long-haired brush of
badger hair used to brush or whip gently the even
wash of paint to make a dull matt. The badger is
used to manipulate the paint when it is already
on the glass. |
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| Brown or black paint |
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| consists of a mixture
of iron oxide, glass as a flux and gum arabic and
water as a binder. To paint the glass, a variety
of brushes made from badger, squirrel and other
animal furs is used. Long and fine brushes are used
to trace linework, and badger brushes are used to
smooth the wash of paint. Sticks, needles or the
end of a brush could be used to scratch away paint. |
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| Carborundum/grindstone
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| used for grinding away
sharp and prominent points and edges left on completion
of the cutting of the glass. |
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| Cast or casting |
|
| lead came cast in a
mould, before being milled to shape. |
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| Diamond |
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| tool used since the
sixteenth century to cut the glass. |
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| Glazing knives |
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| they come in several
forms. They are used for cutting the lead. |
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| Glazing nails |
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| nails used to hold glass
and lead in position as the glazier puts the panel
together piece by piece. |
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| Grozer |
|
flat-nosed pliers or
square-ended pliers used to nibble the glass to
shape.
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| Lathekin |
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| instrument
made from hard wood or bone, used in the process
of glazing to widen out the flat outside lead
so that the glass will fit into it easily. It
is also used when working an inside lead into
a tight curve, to bring pressure to bear on the
heart of the lead. |
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| Saddle-bars |
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| the generic name for
all bracing bars of the ferramenta or iron armatures,
but there is a distinction to be made between those
that go across the middle and those that are placed
opposite the joint connecting two panels placed
on top of one another, which are called division-bars. |
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| Soldering irons |
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| a hand tool consisting
of a handle fixed to an iron or copper tip that
is heated, electrically or in a flame, and used
to melt and apply solder on the joints of the lead
cames. |
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| Spindles and cheeks for
the lead mill |
|
| the thickness of the
milling can be varied with the different-sized cheeks
which are supplied to slip into the lead mill. |
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| Steel wheel |
|
| cutting tool consisting
of a cast-iron handle at the end of which the steel
wheel is inserted on a tiny spindle. |
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| Stippling brush |
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| badger used to make
a stippled matt. |
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| Templates |
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| shape, cut out of tracing
paper corresponding to the exact size of a piece
of glass required. |
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Three-bladed scissors
or double scissors
Two- bladed cutter |
|
| the tracing of the lead-lines
is transferred to thin card and divided into templates
with three-bladed scissors or a two-bladed cutter
which leave a central strip corresponding to the
width of the heart of the lead to be used. |
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| Wooden bridge |
|
| to avoid smudging, the
painter rests his hand on a wooden bridge. |
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