Stained Glass Christmas Tree Lamp

I've spent years watching beginners walk into a studio with a bag full of expensive green cathedral glass and a dream of creating a family heirloom, only to walk out three days later with a slumped, charred mess of lead and solder. Most people assume the hardest part of building a Stained Glass Christmas Tree Lamp is the cutting or the pattern alignment. It's not. The real killer is structural physics and heat management. I’ve seen hobbyists spend $150 on premium