Enlarging pearl holes?

I have a set of pearl reamers - a larger and a smaller one, and they work great for this kind of thing. I just can't remember, offhand, which supplier I got them from (ignore the poor grammar). I'd be afraid that the dremel would be too powerful, kwim? Plus, it might throw up a lot more dust and that's probably not safe to breath.

I have done pearls with a handheld diamond reamer, one at a time. It is a pain if you need a bunch of them. I try not to need a bunch of them, LOL.

Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows

please? Will a Dremel

lovely pearly

there a better

a 22 gauge

I have a tiny reamer but sometimes you have to get the pearl to a certain stage before that works. I know it sounds silly but sometimes I just use some cut wire that has some squashing. You get a burr on the end of the wire from cutting and you can use that a bit to drill the hold by just sliding the wire through the hole over and over again. For me the reamer can sometimes start a bigger hole but it still it a chore to get the center of the inside of the pearl smaller. That's what I find the wire useful for.

Also, when you do ream, make sure you use a bit of moisture. For the wire rubbing I don't use moisture because I am mostly doing interior "scrubbing" and the bit of dust tells me I am actually getting somewhere.

Best of luck!

- Sandy