
So, today, we finally surrendered and bought zinc came from the restorer who was willing to sell us some from his own stock. (He doesn't sell supplies—he makes new stained glass panels and makes repairs for people.) We just bought enough for the kitchen cabinet. We still need to find some more in the right sizes for the rest of the doors or reuse the old lead came from the existing panels.
Anyway, we bought zinc border came. Then we needed to figure out how to cut it. People in the business buy expensive saws; we didn't want to. But somebody on a stained glass forum suggested this tiny 2" cut-off saw sold by Harbor Freight. It is pretty cheesy but it works! And was loads easier than a hacksaw and miter box.
All the border pieces are now cut for the kitchen cabinet!
Now we need to get the final measurement with the came in place and print out the leaded glass pattern in the correct size. Hopefully that will happen in the next couple of days.
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