Chapel rose · c. 1897
Trinity aisle re-leading
Drew 620 linear feet of 5/32" round H for a six-lobed rose window. Matched the original alloy on spectrographic comparison with the donor panels.
Est. 2011 — Upper Midwest
A one-person channery milling round, flat, and colonial H-came, plus restoration-grade zinc and brass, for stained-glass conservators working on windows that intend to outlast us.
A small selection of pieces milled over the last two seasons. Each entry notes the studio I worked with, the profile drawn, and the original window's approximate date.
Drew 620 linear feet of 5/32" round H for a six-lobed rose window. Matched the original alloy on spectrographic comparison with the donor panels.
Colonial U-came in 1/8", cold-rolled and straightened to the studio's jigs. Short run — 48 feet — but the profile was out of commerce, so I cut a die for it.
Three profiles drawn simultaneously to keep tension even across a curved apse. Reclaimed lead from the panel's own failed sections, re-alloyed with virgin pig.
Plain 3/16" flat lead, in quantity. Nothing romantic — just straight, consistent, and square. Eighteen hundred feet delivered over three months.
Tapered came to accommodate the narrowing wedges toward center. Drawn on the bench in pairs and tagged by radial position — no two sticks interchangeable.
Mixed metals: zinc border channel 3/8", with 1/8" flat lead internal. Shipped tied in bundles of twenty, labeled to the studio's cartoon.
Work is by the job, not the catalog. A studio sends cartoons, a sample of the original came if any survives, and a deadline that respects how slowly a one-person shop actually draws lead. I reply within the week with a mill schedule and a stick count.
Most jobs are 40 to 800 linear feet. Anything larger, we talk about splitting delivery so the came doesn't sit and oxidize on your bench.