Tools

This is the main glass working tools listing at Art Glass Supplies, covering the hand tools and bench consumables used in stained glass, copper foil, mosaic, and kiln fusing work. It is a cold working and kiln-side range; we do not carry hot-shop hand tools such as blowpipes, jacks, or marvers. For glass blowing kilns, see our Glass Blowing Kilns category.

Cutting, breaking, and shaping

Scoring options run from Toyo Supercutters in brass, comfort grip, custom grip, and pistol grip tap wheel styles to the Fletcher-Terry steel wheel cutter, the ScoreMaster 2, and a Toyo circle cutter for clean curves. GlassPro running pliers, breakers, and grozers handle the snap, with Leponitt running pliers and a mosaic cutter for tile work. Aanraku Twofers grinding bits in regular, fine, and ultra fine grits plus diamond core drill bits refine shapes after the break.

Soldering and copper foil

The soldering bench covers Canfield 50/50, 60/40, Quik Set, and Ultimate solder alongside GlassPro spools, with Hakko and Leponitt irons, iron temperature control, tip cleaners, and soldering mats. Edco copper foil comes in copper, black back, and silver back, including a 12" x 12" sheet, supported by a table foiler, hand foiler, crimpers, fids, and burnishers. Flux, flux brushes, Novacan patina, Jax finishes, and cleanup chemistry handle the finishing steps.

Fusing and kiln-side supplies

For kiln work there is Fiberfrax shelf paper in 1/32" and 1/8" thicknesses, Bullseye GlasTac and GlasTac Gel, Papyros LiquiFuse, devitrification solution, frit makers and sifters, a haik brush for kiln wash, and high temperature wire.

Building a starter bench

A first stained glass kit needs a quality cutter, running pliers, and a grozer; foil work adds copper foil, a fid, solder, and flux. Fusers use the same cutting and breaking tools, then add shelf paper and GlasTac for kiln prep.