Thank you so much for making this video!! I just got one of these and while there are people making videos of them using the tool, I couldn’t find a video of somebody actually explaining the process and tips to use it successfully. Super helpful!!!
Thanks for the explanation of how this works, and the tips for better foiling. I'm just getting started in stained glass, and this video was very helpful.
So after you get it set on the wheel just right, snip off a little extra, carefully push and roll, snip it off, move the foil back to the middle, push the folded over parts back down, then still burnish it? And that's faster than doing it by hand? I'm confused
Sounds like you are indeed confused. If you had of listened to the video, you would have heard me state it is not faster. The object of this table foiler is to create even foil lines for your work to appear professional.
I find that the wheel of this foiler tends to be unstable. The plastic nut holding the wheel down tends to turn, thus changing the height of the wheel, making the foil wider on one side than the other, This is infuriating, and also on some glass with irregular thickness there are problems. However, when I do manage to get it set up properly it works just fine. I therefore mostly use it for larger pieces of glass, doing the smaller by hand.
Thanks for your comment. I have noticed this as well. I have the vintage table foiler which was made more sturdy. Maybe they should switch from plastic to brass parts? Doubt this would happen but would help.
@@Dogoargentino.mississippi Two things help quite a lot, firstly I cut a donut shaped piece of baking parchment or non stick paper to go under the roll of foil, because the adhesive in the foil tends to make it stick, and secondly, I used plumbers ptfe tape on the screw thread which tightens up the nut. It's a partial solution, that works most of the time!.
