If you are a stained glass artist and don't have a rebar bender, you should think about investing in one. They cost around $100.00 and they are well worth the price. Without one I would not have been able to reinforce this window along the curved lead lines of my design.

Some of the angles are extremely tight. The zinc rebar is very strong and nearly impossible to bend without either heating it with a torch (you can also use friction by pressing down hard against the flat side of the bar and passing it back and forth against the edge of your work bench--time consuming!) or using a bender.

 I have built a stained glass window to fit in a transom above a front door. The house is a Victorian shotgun style in Louisville, KY.

A window this long and narrow needs reinforcement in several places. I used my rebar bender to curve zinc rebar to fit the design, and then soldered the rebar to the lead in several places. I am caulking around the lead lines using Dap window glazing compound, and then cleaning the surface with whiting to remove left over caulking. I will let the window sit overnight until the caulking hardens, and then I will take a sharpened stick and remove any overflow extending past the edges of the lead.