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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 8, 2015 15:36:41 GMT -5
I just tried making a Pandora type bead. I haven't actually epoxied in the grommets yet, but I was pretty excited to show it off. Thanks to Drummond Island Rocks for some tips along the way. It's made of Petoskey stone.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 8, 2015 21:58:31 GMT -5
Very nice! Congrats! I hope to do that sometime, too. I bet it was nerve wracking using the hammer on the bead, though.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 8, 2015 22:07:23 GMT -5
Why would I use a hammer on a bead?
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Post by cobbledstones on Aug 8, 2015 22:24:17 GMT -5
nice job on that bead. where did you buy the grommets?
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 8, 2015 22:41:20 GMT -5
Why would I use a hammer on a bead? I've seen those done by hammering. |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 8, 2015 22:50:23 GMT -5
I got the grommets from Rio Grande. I'm going to glue them in. They're not tight enough to require hammering.
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 9, 2015 16:24:14 GMT -5
In another life, I was a boro glass lampworking glassblower. Boro beads are super tough. Way before there were machines to cinch the tube people used to do it with hand tools. At least that's the way I recall it.  |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 9, 2015 19:40:03 GMT -5
looks good rob. did you free hand it or hold onto it with something while cabbing?
I get my sterling grommets from an etsy seller. I'll have to check rio to compare.
chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 9, 2015 19:45:30 GMT -5
Rio was cheaper than the ones I saw on Etsy. I chucked a small dowel in my drill and ran it on a file to taper it, then I stuck the tapered dowel into the hole of the bead. It worked pretty well because I was able to easily reverse the bead to do the other side. I did a couple more after that one, but none are perfect. I think I might do better with a larger hole saw for the outer bead cut.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 9, 2015 19:49:18 GMT -5
thats funny. I do it the same way. only exeption is that i just taper my dowel on my 80 grit diamod wheel. to lazy to go to the garage to use the proper tools.
chuck
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 21:47:04 GMT -5
In another life, I was a boro glass lampworking glassblower. Boro beads are super tough. Way before there were machines to cinch the tube people used to do it with hand tools. At least that's the way I recall it. Could you make me a bong? Er.. Water pipe? Just kidding. Do you still do that? |
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Post by nowyo on Aug 9, 2015 21:51:08 GMT -5
Nice job on that, Rob.
Russ
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