{"id":19271,"date":"2014-12-18T07:43:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T15:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19271"},"modified":"2015-03-30T15:26:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T22:26:36","slug":"polyslicer-combo-tool-for-slicing-polymer-clay-canes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polyslicer-combo-tool-for-slicing-polymer-clay-canes\/19271\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyslicer Combo Tool For Slicing Polymer Clay Canes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19271#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-12\/18-90607-polyslicer-combo-tool.jpg\" alt=\"Polyslicer Combo Tool - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #607:<\/span> This is a compact tool that works especially well for cutting super thin polymer cane slices for Nailart applications.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this video I demo the Polyslicer Combo Tool. It was originally designed for slicing Fimo Nailart canes, but it also works well for slicing all types of polymer clay canes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This tool was invented by a Nailart Technician (her name is Helen), who was having trouble slicing the baked Fimo Nailart Canes thin enough for her nail designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">She sells the product over at eBay (see resource link below video).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Fimo nailart canes are tiny baked polymer clay canes that are sliced paper thin and added to nail art designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I show some old and crudely done nail art canes and fingernail designs from my early days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Helen&#8217;s husband creates prototypes, so she designed this tool and he is now manufacturing the units.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Helen made this one specifically for me in a color that she calls Punky Purple.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">She must have seen my Cindy Purple NeverKnead, and thought that she&#8217;d make me a tool to match. If you want a purple one as well, I&#8217;m sure Helen would be happy to oblige.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This tool has a replaceable cutting blade mounted on a levered arm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Combo Polyslicer model comes with two interchangeable cradle pieces for holding different sizes of canes, both round and square.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It will slice both raw and baked canes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can use this tool to cut very thin cane slices with little to no distortion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now that I have this slicer tool in my studio, I will have to start start experimenting more with nail art canes<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qCcngBx1IjQ?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.ca\/hytek3dgizmosgadgets?_trksid=p2047675.l2563\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Helen&#8217;s Polyslicer Ebay Store<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=115\">Fimo Nail Art Polymer Clay Canes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=163\">Slicing Fimo Nail Art Canes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=174\">Fimo Nail Art Designs<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=154#video\">Clay Cane Slicing Techniques<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19235#video\">Polymer Cane Extruder and Slicing Tool<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19170#video\">My Matching Purple Neverknead Tool<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qCcngBx1IjQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Nailart Polyslicer Combo Tool For Slicing Polymer Canes<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; the Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #607: This is a compact tool that works especially well for cutting super thin polymer cane slices for Nailart applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2665],"tags":[2682,2740],"class_list":["post-19271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-product-demos","tag-cane-management","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}