Post by stoneturnercrafts on Aug 26, 2017 22:55:17 GMT -5
So I saw a video on youtube and thought oh I could do that.
Stone bead try 1 and 3. 2 did not survive. by Stone Turner, on Flickr
well turns out Not so much. while I did make two beads (did not bother to polish) and a third that broke in half. My technique needs improvement. I want a round bead these are not even close. Whats produced in the video looks rounder and is alot harder material than what I used. Part of that is my tools. The first part was not much trouble. Some breakout on the back side due to carelessness then I broke the bit i was using to drill hole. The cheap diamond hole saws I got from china are still doing awesome thou. The big problem I was having was in holding the beads. I can not tell if the beads are spinning in the video when they are shaping it but after my attempts I would say they are. Tried shaping one stationary with a dremel and it was not effective. Using a bamboo skewer and drill press with some sand paper worked much better.
Anyways does anyone have any ideas for holding the bead from the hole? I thought of a pin vise but that doesnt work like I thought it did. The Lopacki bead making tutorial comes to mind but he uses a pin vise, I am thinking of something that will tighten from inside the hole to hold on to the bead. also his doesnt seem suited to a round bead. They make it look very easy but obviously practice makes perfect or in this case round beads. I have alternative ideas I will try based around doing it this way.
Stone bead try 1 and 3. 2 did not survive. by Stone Turner, on Flickrwell turns out Not so much. while I did make two beads (did not bother to polish) and a third that broke in half. My technique needs improvement. I want a round bead these are not even close. Whats produced in the video looks rounder and is alot harder material than what I used. Part of that is my tools. The first part was not much trouble. Some breakout on the back side due to carelessness then I broke the bit i was using to drill hole. The cheap diamond hole saws I got from china are still doing awesome thou. The big problem I was having was in holding the beads. I can not tell if the beads are spinning in the video when they are shaping it but after my attempts I would say they are. Tried shaping one stationary with a dremel and it was not effective. Using a bamboo skewer and drill press with some sand paper worked much better.
Anyways does anyone have any ideas for holding the bead from the hole? I thought of a pin vise but that doesnt work like I thought it did. The Lopacki bead making tutorial comes to mind but he uses a pin vise, I am thinking of something that will tighten from inside the hole to hold on to the bead. also his doesnt seem suited to a round bead. They make it look very easy but obviously practice makes perfect or in this case round beads. I have alternative ideas I will try based around doing it this way.
RTFM 
I didnt think that because i started with the softer stuff i might be taking more off leading to un round beads but it makes sense. 
