April 13, 2008

Amaco Bead Baking Rack - A Must Have Polymer Clay Tool

Amaco Bead Baking Rack

Tip #24: The Amaco Professional Bead Rack - It's Good for So Much More than Just Baking Beads:

Although this tool is designed to fit into most polymer clay ovens for baking beads, it has a variety of other uses too.

You can use it to support your beads while applying liquid finishes after the baking process is complete.

You can use if for cutting canes by running your cutting blade along the vertical edges of the bead rack as a guide. The Amaco rack also has 45 degree grooves for cutting canes at an angle.

And finally, the piece of plexiglas or acrylic sheet that comes with the Professional Amaco Bead Baking Rack can be used on its own for rolling all sorts of clay logs, tube beads and swirly lentils.

By the way, all bead racks come with wire pins to pierce through your unbaked beads. These pins then rest on the edges of the bead rack which allows the beads to be suspended during the baking process. Don't let these pins sit in water or stay wet for too long. They will rust!Cindy Lietz, The Polymer Clay Tutor


 

 

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"The AMACO Bead Rack" Video Description: The full version of this tutorial is available in my Beads and Beading Membership Club. Next to the pasta machine, my bead rack is one of the polymer clay tools I use most. In this video I demonstrate and explain it's various uses.

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April 14, 2008

Cindy Lietz from Pirate Crossbones Jewelry @ 5:46 pm

See how to bake a boat-load of beads using this AMACO rack here:
Polymer Clay Baking Instructions

And if you want to see how to use the acrylic sheet that comes with the AMACO Bead Rack for rolling snakes and lentil beads, have a look at these videos:
Polymer Clay Lentil Beads - Making Them Can Be Very Addictive
Rolling Polymer Clay - What They Never Taught You in Kindergarten 

Cindy's last blog post..Finishing Polymer Clay Beads with Future Floor Polish - Makes 'em Shine

August 2, 2008

Lindy @ 9:15 pm

Lol! The rust comment sounds like experience talking.
Thanks for the warning.

August 4, 2008

Cindy Lietz from Making Polymer Clay Beads Primer Course @ 5:28 pm

You are so right! I always seem to learn things the hard way!

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