Ya know, I was curious...the toggle bar - does it have a loop on it and how do you make that part of it??
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AD - Plum Shimmer - lampwork set with glass toggle!
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The bar has a hole through the middle of it. I made a small bead, then built the bar on each side by stacking dots, then shaped with mashers. You can see it best in this pic - the wire is strung through the middle of the bar, with a crystal on the other side:
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The round part has a loop - now that I look at the pics you can't really see it very well! In the pics above, the loop section is shown with a 6mm Swar. bicone coming out of it. To make a loop, I place dots about 4mm apart and keep stacking them until they eventually meet. Then I use a 3/32" mandrel to shape the inside of it so it's an actual hole. Does this make any sense?
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Yes, it does, and do you ever make them for sale alone?...they would be SO awesome as a focal in and of themselves!
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I haven't yet.... But maybe I will. :)
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The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)
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Makes sense - I was just thinking, how could you could you lay down a blob of molten glass on a standard mandrel and keep it steady whilst you added a loop.
A'course - I wonder if you get get a flat 'mandrel' ( kind of like a marver, but not as wide) and use that to build the bar part, with a toggle, then anneal it on the flat 'mandrel'. Does THAT make any sense? Would it work?
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OMTP!!
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LOL you guys. :) I know I haven't made many beads lately, but I have had the flu and can't breathe very well, so unfortunately, not much torching for this gal until my lungs clear up. :)
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Um......I'm not sure what you mean.
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YEAH. ~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce
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Oh, yes!
..Stephanie..
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Hmm...I'll send you a picture, how's that?
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:) Replied by email.
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Where did you get your big hole mandrel? I want to get some?
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I got this one from Little Crow - here's a link to her auctions. She has a bunch of different manrels for sale:
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