Comments on: How To Make A Perfectly Round Bead By Hand http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/ "Make What You Love... Love What You Make!" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phaedrakat http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-35857 Phaedrakat Fri, 28 May 2010 16:44:51 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-35857 @<a href="#comment-35841">daniera</a>: Hi Daniera, are you talking about cutting & shaping real gemstones? I'm not sure anyone here knows about that, since this is a polymer clay website, blog. Cindy is the Polymer Clay Tutor, teaching us how to make beads with polymer clay. As you can see in the question above yours, someone else was asking something similar about a machine to cut ivory & stone, and Cindy didn't know how to answer that (not her specialty.) If you're looking for real gemstone equipment, you need to search google for lapidary equipment and instructions. I did a quick search and found something called sphere machines & bead mills that are used to make beads. I also found a website that covers how to shape gemstones into round beads, although I know nothing about this personally. The website is here: lopacki.com/howto/ It has a tutorial on how to hand-make beads. There's lots of other info out there, but you need to search using the right materials, along with the word "bead." Like "lapidary bead making machine" or "gemstone bead machine" or something like that. Good luck! @daniera: Hi Daniera, are you talking about cutting & shaping real gemstones? I’m not sure anyone here knows about that, since this is a polymer clay website, blog. Cindy is the Polymer Clay Tutor, teaching us how to make beads with polymer clay. As you can see in the question above yours, someone else was asking something similar about a machine to cut ivory & stone, and Cindy didn’t know how to answer that (not her specialty.)

If you’re looking for real gemstone equipment, you need to search google for lapidary equipment and instructions. I did a quick search and found something called sphere machines & bead mills that are used to make beads. I also found a website that covers how to shape gemstones into round beads, although I know nothing about this personally. The website is here:
lopacki.com/howto/
It has a tutorial on how to hand-make beads. There’s lots of other info out there, but you need to search using the right materials, along with the word “bead.” Like “lapidary bead making machine” or “gemstone bead machine” or something like that. Good luck!

]]> By: daniera http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-35841 daniera Fri, 28 May 2010 09:38:18 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-35841 hi i would like to make my own hand made gem stone beads of sizes 4mm 6mm and 8mm. i have been looking for some sort of bead making machine. if it exists can you help me please. i have the raw stones stored and ready to go. i just need to somehow make them into smaller loose beads but i dont know how ?????????? hi i would like to make my own hand made gem stone beads of sizes 4mm 6mm and 8mm. i have been looking for some sort of bead making machine. if it exists can you help me please. i have the raw stones stored and ready to go. i just need to somehow make them into smaller loose beads but i dont know how ??????????

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Fimo, Premo, Sculpey Storage http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-28439 Cindy Lietz@Fimo, Premo, Sculpey Storage Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:02:03 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-28439 Are you talking about real stone and ivory Tina? Because I don't know of a machine that does that. Maybe someone else does? Are you talking about real stone and ivory Tina? Because I don’t know of a machine that does that. Maybe someone else does?

]]> By: tina http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-28379 tina Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:40:25 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-28379 I wanted to know if there is a machine to make round beads from ivory and stone? I wanted to know if there is a machine to make round beads from ivory and stone?

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Flower Petal Beads http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-27643 Cindy Lietz@Flower Petal Beads Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:41:28 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-27643 Hi Chris - I've done a fair amount with making beads using flower petals mixed into the clay. Click on the link by my name for one resource. And you can also use the search box at the top of every article page at this blog with keywords like: inclusion, memorial, keepsake, etc. Hi Chris – I’ve done a fair amount with making beads using flower petals mixed into the clay. Click on the link by my name for one resource. And you can also use the search box at the top of every article page at this blog with keywords like: inclusion, memorial, keepsake, etc.

]]> By: Chris Bogardus http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-27641 Chris Bogardus Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:29:47 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-27641 Have you ever made beads from flowers? If so could you please enlighten me and if not do you know anyone that might know? Have you ever made beads from flowers? If so could you please enlighten me and if not do you know anyone that might know?

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Instructions http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-11010 Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Instructions Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:27:04 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-11010 I hope you are joking Keshav... about me being evil. But you may not be. So if you would like to know some of my reasons why I think Free is not always best, please follow the <strong>"Polymer Clay Instructions"</strong> link by my name. It will take you to an article I wrote a while back that should help you to understand some of the problems you can run into if <em>all</em> that you are looking for is free information. That being said, you may also want to take the time go through the pieces of content at this blog. There are literally 100's and 100's of articles... and the tally is growing daily. Most if not all of these articles contain some level of free information that will be of value to you if you are learning about polymer clay... even the article on this page. I told you that, <em>"...one of the secrets to rolling round beads by hand is to hold your lower hand flat and stationary, while making small circles with the top hand. Give it a try and let me know how it works for you. I'm here to help."</em> Did you give it a try? Not following this advice is the main reason why many beginners end up having problems getting their beads to be round. In that tip, you should also notice that I said, <em>"I'm here to help."</em> If you take the time to study all of the free information at this site, you will be hard pressed to find a comment that did not get addressed. BTW, if you do find an unanswered question, please do let me know because it would have been something that I missed purely by accident. Hopefully this clears things up a bit for you Keshav. I really am here to help and bring value to the polymer clay community. I hope you are joking Keshav… about me being evil. But you may not be.

So if you would like to know some of my reasons why I think Free is not always best, please follow the “Polymer Clay Instructions” link by my name. It will take you to an article I wrote a while back that should help you to understand some of the problems you can run into if all that you are looking for is free information.

That being said, you may also want to take the time go through the pieces of content at this blog. There are literally 100′s and 100′s of articles… and the tally is growing daily.

Most if not all of these articles contain some level of free information that will be of value to you if you are learning about polymer clay… even the article on this page.

I told you that, “…one of the secrets to rolling round beads by hand is to hold your lower hand flat and stationary, while making small circles with the top hand. Give it a try and let me know how it works for you. I’m here to help.”

Did you give it a try? Not following this advice is the main reason why many beginners end up having problems getting their beads to be round.

In that tip, you should also notice that I said, “I’m here to help.” If you take the time to study all of the free information at this site, you will be hard pressed to find a comment that did not get addressed. BTW, if you do find an unanswered question, please do let me know because it would have been something that I missed purely by accident.

Hopefully this clears things up a bit for you Keshav. I really am here to help and bring value to the polymer clay community.

]]> By: keshav http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-10983 keshav Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:44:24 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-10983 that was evil. Why would you post content online that is not free? It looks like its free. that was evil. Why would you post content online that is not free? It looks like its free.

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Red Polymer Clay Recipes http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-498 Cindy Lietz@Red Polymer Clay Recipes Fri, 09 May 2008 17:11:23 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-498 <p>Caroline your advice is correct! In fact in my beginner's course, this video on rolling round beads goes into that exact technique. It also helps to keep the circles small to make a nice round shape! </p> <p><em>Cindy's last blog post..<a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/flower-petal-bead-keepsake-jewelry/81/" rel="nofollow">Flower Petal Bead Inclusions for Memorable Keepsake Jewelry</a></em></p> Caroline your advice is correct! In fact in my beginner’s course, this video on rolling round beads goes into that exact technique. It also helps to keep the circles small to make a nice round shape!

Cindy’s last blog post..Flower Petal Bead Inclusions for Memorable Keepsake Jewelry

]]> By: Caroline http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-489 Caroline Fri, 09 May 2008 09:17:37 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-make-a-bead-perfectly-round-by-hand/23/#comment-489 I make beads by hand as you describe, but change direction constantly with the top hand so roll clockwise twice then anti-clockwise twice and so on in a fluid movement. I make beads by hand as you describe, but change direction constantly with the top hand so roll clockwise twice then anti-clockwise twice and so on in a fluid movement.

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