How thin of a bead can this produce? I am looking to make beads 1/8-3/16" thick in lengths of 3', and I can move quickly if necessary. Will this work?
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Hi: I have not yet had need to to make a thin bead. But I plan on trying this over the long weekend. If you don't hear from me by next Wednesday, ask the question again in case the Amazon system does not let me answer two times.
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I believe that you can produce a very small bead of caulking like 1/8". The size of the bead is dependent on how you cut the tube tip and thickness of the material you are using. We caulk garage floor saw cuts which are typically about 1/8" wide and this power gun let's us move faster and not fatigue when doing a large floor.
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It can easily be adjusted to produce small volumes or large volumes of caulk with the adjustment dial on the back end. It would work very well for you.
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You can make it as thin as the size of hole you cut at the end of the tube. Just know that even on the slowest speed, the smaller the bead the faster it comes out. So just be prepared to move fast. By the way this was a great investment. I would recommend this tool to anyone who does a lot of caulking.
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about the same size as an eye-pin.. I love it.. now I can make the pins as long or short as I want.. this gadget is amazing.. I do have head pins. but I find myself skipping them and just doing a loop and a dangle at the end of items. it is fun to experiment.. I've used different sizes of wire.. it works great.. not thick wire.. I am hoping beadsmith will make various sizes of this looper..
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They varied from .241 to .258 and are hollow so could not be turned down to 3/16" unless you filled the tube with brass rod. You might try to silver solder a solid rod inside and then turn this down to the size you need. Besides the variance in size, they all work in my soldering station and were of better value than buying separate ones.
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I'm not sure- I havent tried it on any man made beads and not sure what would work- a Dremel? possibly?
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I have not tried what you are describing but, as far as I can tell, you can do everything with the Ricks loom that you can with a regular loom. The one thing I have noticed is that when you take the piece off the loom the ends are very week and will quickly lose their shape. However, I have been able to prevent this by reinforcing the ends by weaving back and forth a few times on the last five or six rows on each end before I take the piece off the loom. This stabilizes the ends. All in all, I feel this slight problem is greatly outweighed by the elimination of the many threads that have to be woven in once a piece is taken off a regular loom. I have stopped using my other looms now that I have the Ricks. Once you follow the directions (and they are easy), it really work likes a regular loom and, in my opinion, you would be able to weave with different size beads.
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Hello! They are just over 1/4 in thick...5/16th of an in. thick to be pretty exact. If you hold onto it with some pliers near the end, and break off a piece with another pair of pliers holding the tip..you might be able to break off a smallish piece of it. It's just a matter of making a controlled break where you want it.
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I did a quick search on how to make one, and there was a simple formula pending on the length of cord needed to make the bracelet. I thought there was a total of 1 inch to 1 foot ratio. I recommend doing a quick search on how to make one. Hope this helps.
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I can answer on the thickness for sure, but I was using jumbo push pins with a 3/8" metal pin part and didn't have an issue.
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You can definitely make the bracelets in different lengths. Check out the videos others have posted on YouTube.
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Hi, Linda!Not sure if this will meet your needs, but I really haven't seen anything that would be better. If you have a way of holding the bead steady (perhaps a small vise) and a small enough bit, this should work. Because it is a hand drill, you can control the speed and depth of the hole. The only other suggestion I have might be a dremel tool. Note that the tool itself is smaller than a power drill, but not tiny. I think it will handle the smaller bits okay, though.
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Beading as in making necklaces? Anything will work for that. I'm not sure I know what beading you are talking about.
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It works great for beads. They dont intermingle at all. They stay in their compartment
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Although I haven't used it for my beading supplies, it appears that it would be great! I'm a porcelain artist teacher, and I use it for transporting those supplies. I LOVE it! I also do bead work, and would not hesitate to use it for that.
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I purchased my beads wholesale. You can go to EBay or check other websites. Sometimes I purchase beads from Michaels or Joanne's but I use them only if I need the materials immediately.
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I would say it depends on the size of the beads. I've had this happened where very small beads mixed with some others, but they were very small.
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I really haven't tried to see how thick of a material it will work in, at lot of that depends on what nut sets you use, they come in different sizes. The biggest thing to watch is that you get the stud screwed into the certs far enough not to pull the threads out of the nut certs. I am thing around an 1/8"thick maybe a little more if you are careful.
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I'm not sure, but with standard thickness granite I probably could have had double the thickness and it still work. I just know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE this product. I'd guess (can't see now) that the threads are at least 2-3 inches.