[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Jewelry-making

Tue Jun 23 20:54:51 UTC 2020

Hi Ari,
I like the toggle clasps as far as wearing bracelets with them. However, I find it so tricky to attach the findings. That has been the main reason I have not made too much jewelry.

May God bless you.
 Cathy F

> On Jun 23, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Ari via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I'd like to get into jewelry-making. :) It sounds like a lot of fun. I already have some poly propylene food trays that I could use to ensure beads don't go rolling all over my table. :) Ramakins wouldn't be a bad idea for separating colors. on the trays, either. And I could pop a WayTag in each ramakin with all the info about those beads. I wonder if I could find covers for the ramakins, or find small bowls that I can cover, just in case.
> 
> I'm a fan of toggle clasps, myself. I don't know if that's the right name for them, but they're the kind with a ring on one end of the bracelet or necklace or whatever, and a little bar on the other. You feed the bar through the ring, and it's just wide enough so that it can't pull back out unless you turn it to pull it through lengthwise.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
>> On Jun 23, 2020, at 2:25 PM, Cathy Flesher via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tracy,
>> 
>> To cut wire you used wire cutters. <smile> They look similar to pliers and a crimping tool. I am always confused as to which tool is which. Luckily, my husband can remind me.
>> I really like those magnetic clasps. They make it so easy to take off a bracelet. However, I wish they were a bit more magnetic. I’ve had the bracelets come off inadvertently. I agree that needle-nosed pliers is a good substitute for a crimping tool. You apparently have great dexterity  in your fingers for the seed beads and crimp beads. Not everyone has the dexterity to work with such small beads. I can do it, but it  isn’t easy for me. But the bracelets are so pretty with the seed beads it is worth the effort.
>> As for yourre-stringing your other bracelets, give the magnetic clasp a test run and see how it works for you before re-make other jewelry.
>> 
>> 
>> May God bless you.
>> Cathy F
>> 
>>>> On Jun 22, 2020, at 9:50 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yesterday, I fixed a bracelet I made a while ago.  It's a turquoise chip
>>> bracelet.  It was on the stretchy string, but, after a while, the string
>>> broke.  With a lot of help, I was able to gather the chips off the ground,
>>> and now I've re-strung them on beading wire with magnetic clasps.  The
>>> bracelet is a bit bigger than it was, because of the space needed for the
>>> clasp, but it still fits fine.  
>>> 
>>> I don't have a crimping tool, but a pair of needle-nosed pliers did the
>>> trick.  The hardest bit was cutting the wire.  I forget what I used to use
>>> to do that.
>>> 
>>> Now I have to decide if I want to re-string other bracelets I've got that
>>> were on elastic string that has broken.  The stuff is handy and easy to use,
>>> but doesn't last anywhere near as long as wire.
>>> 
>>> Tracy
>>> 
>>> 
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