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Post by TheRock on Nov 5, 2018 19:06:19 GMT -5
$60-80 gets you a proper, relatively decent benchtop drill press. Your holes seem awfully big, wouldn't it be better to go smaller? Start each hole with a ball-tip bit in a dremel, that keeps the drill bit from dancing around and ruining the stone. Drill with pulsing action, one second down, three seconds up, slowly does it. Your glass looks phenomenal! SirRoxalot Didn't I read somewhere in a thread that you were from Ontario Canada and you find Petoskey Stones on the shores of the beaches of Lake Superior? Thanks ~Duke
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Post by Pat on Nov 5, 2018 19:28:55 GMT -5
jamesp. Collets are s pain in the neck. Can you put a universal chuck on your rotary drill?
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Post by jamesp on Nov 10, 2018 8:48:59 GMT -5
jamesp. Collets are s pain in the neck. Can you put a universal chuck on your rotary drill? You are so correct Pat. The chuck is the best way. I did find a bulk pack of 2mm and 3mm collets and fabricated some wrenches which has helped. Fortunately 20 to 30 holes per bit in glass is helping reduce the hassle of repeated drill changes.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 10, 2018 9:00:08 GMT -5
$60-80 gets you a proper, relatively decent benchtop drill press. Your holes seem awfully big, wouldn't it be better to go smaller? Start each hole with a ball-tip bit in a dremel, that keeps the drill bit from dancing around and ruining the stone. Drill with pulsing action, one second down, three seconds up, slowly does it. Your glass looks phenomenal! The glass does drill quickly at 10,000 to 12,000 RPM. The darn Dremel is at home at these speeds. Hard time finding drill press motors that rotate at these high speeds. The big holes may be a signature, sized for bead grommets SirRoxalot. .925 bead grommets are quite attractive and cheap being so small. Never hurts to put ".925 silver" in your listing. Bead grommets must be the cheapest .925 silver hardware out there.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 10, 2018 10:45:20 GMT -5
jamesp. Collets are s pain in the neck. Can you put a universal chuck on your rotary drill? Found a universal chuck for the Dremel Pat ! ![](https://images.homedepot-static.com/productImages/d603d99a-9041-490f-b431-d88d079859ea/svn/dremel-rotary-tool-parts-attachments-4486-64_1000.jpg)
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Post by fernwood on Nov 10, 2018 11:39:01 GMT -5
I like the larger holes. It would allow for a cord to be laced through without a jump/split ring. To me a ring distracts from the beauty of the pendant.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 11, 2018 3:40:03 GMT -5
I like the larger holes. It would allow for a cord to be laced through without a jump/split ring. To me a ring distracts from the beauty of the pendant. Gotta say cord and fine leather can be tied to allow pendant to sit proper if knot is tied suitably. Philosophy of glass pendants: Cheap jewelry but unique enough to strike a price in the $15 to $20 range at festival situation ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) Cheap cordage Avoiding metal smith work Easier to drill bigger holes Casting 13 pound bricks at a time with predominately only sawing and tumbling waste. One brick fills the tumblers from rotary thru vibratory process. About 6 pounds of darn near perfect pendants from a 13 pound brick. Not a bad waste factor.
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Post by grumpybill on Nov 11, 2018 7:31:22 GMT -5
Yesterday at a street fair I saw someone selling fused glass cabs for $15. Just the cabs, undrilled.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 18, 2018 13:25:35 GMT -5
Yesterday at a street fair I saw someone selling fused glass cabs for $15. Just the cabs, undrilled. Yep. Etsy sells finished necklaces for real nice money too Bill. Succeeding with a fine fused cab is in many cases a challenge and often has high percent failures. Fusers don't do 'cold work'. They polish and shape with heat. Masters of melt.. My way is very rare, polishing and shaping with lapidary equipment. After tinkering with this glass I have learned these 10 to 13 pound bricks sawed and perhaps pre-shaped and then tumbled have failure rate. Very unique patterns. BUT, the jewelry market has not been tested with these tumble polished uniquities. One method of casting called short drop pot melt: ![](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4877/45217570114_014e0063a2_b.jpg)
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