My sister-in-law makes jewelry and loves cocobolo. She has asked me if I could turn some small beads for necklaces. The beads need to be no larger than 1mm, and must have a hole drilled in them for the necklace filament. Does anyone have any suggestions for me before I start? Any help would be appreciated.
Tom
1mm? Wear a jeweler's loupe. How'd you plan to hold the spindle? Oh yeah, light cuts.
Dave in Fairfax
Funny enough, my wife just asked me to turn some beads for her. I'm using offcuts from pen blanks and things like that. Nothing as small as 1mm, though. That's a mighty tiny bead. Probably take a #60 drill for the holes, I'd imagine. I'm wondering, though, that at 1mm you'll even be able to tell that they're cocobolo. The hardest part for me is holding the bead after I part it off, so I can sand the end that was toward the headstock. I sometimes use the bit itself, but more often than not, the bead slips on it. Maybe a dowel or piece of drill stock sanded to size is in order.
Hope this helps a little.....
Step 1. Replace sister-in-law! Step 2. Go to fridge and get a beer!
New project...... George
Wouldn't it be easier and more time efficient to just have a beer while ordering beads on the web??
Hell, those kids in China are going to go blind whether you buy their stuff or not.. *eg*
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
So Tom,
Did you, in fact mean one centimeter or one milimeter?
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