tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101933101966798446.post1733282952450333208..comments2024-03-28T10:33:06.910-07:00Comments on The View from Aristeia: Stained Glass Panels, Part 4Scott Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280964633768289328noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101933101966798446.post-28050694020298703522023-04-17T15:10:45.645-07:002023-04-17T15:10:45.645-07:00The "inner" right angles in the original...The "inner" right angles in the original design are the concave ones in the corners abutting the squares. The final design has right angles, but none are concave. <i>Convex</i> angles (right and otherwise) are not problematic.<br /><br />If you look at lots of stained glass designs, you'll notice that most of them avoid concave angles meeting at a point. Instead, they use convex angles or they use curves. I have seen a few designs employing convex angles meeting at a point, so it can clearly be done, but my sense is that cutting glass pieces into shapes with such angles requires special equipment (e.g., lasers or waterjets), and the resulting panels may still be susceptible to cracks developing at the points where the lines of the concave angles meet.Scott Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280964633768289328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101933101966798446.post-23146699980661827142023-04-17T13:39:44.322-07:002023-04-17T13:39:44.322-07:00After reading the snippet "inner right angle&...After reading the snippet "inner right angle" I found myself googling to understand how this is different from just a "right angle." The design you went with has some squares -- I still don't understand the distinction between the right angles here and the ones in the original design which were structurally weaker.Harlan Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641598442884515193noreply@blogger.com