Post by Rockindad on Apr 2, 2019 19:35:31 GMT -5
Hey Everybody,
My son A.J. is busy getting things together for an Arts & Crafts Fair his school is holding next month. One of the things he would like to do is have some pendants for sale. These are not fancy cabachons- they are cut and rough shaped on a tile saw, fine tuned on a bench grinder and will be tumbled in the vibe when it is done with it's current load. These will be various shapes and will likely be drilled and have a simple wire bail (he does not like the look of the glue on caps after looking at all of the awesome wraps on this site) like this one:
forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/82678/inexpensive-wire-bail-drilled-pendant
A couple very basic questions he and I have are:
1) What color to use when it could go either way? To my eyes some stones scream out for silver, gold, etc. but when there are multiple options is there a more popular color?
2) I have no idea what wire to use, hardness, round, flat, etc. Please keep in mind that this is a 10 year old doing this so the easier the better. Also they are not going to be high dollar items (although I think they are going to be pretty darn cool) and while I am helping him, he is doing the bulk of the work with heavy supervision around the tools.
Thanks in advance, Al
My son A.J. is busy getting things together for an Arts & Crafts Fair his school is holding next month. One of the things he would like to do is have some pendants for sale. These are not fancy cabachons- they are cut and rough shaped on a tile saw, fine tuned on a bench grinder and will be tumbled in the vibe when it is done with it's current load. These will be various shapes and will likely be drilled and have a simple wire bail (he does not like the look of the glue on caps after looking at all of the awesome wraps on this site) like this one:
forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/82678/inexpensive-wire-bail-drilled-pendant
A couple very basic questions he and I have are:
1) What color to use when it could go either way? To my eyes some stones scream out for silver, gold, etc. but when there are multiple options is there a more popular color?
2) I have no idea what wire to use, hardness, round, flat, etc. Please keep in mind that this is a 10 year old doing this so the easier the better. Also they are not going to be high dollar items (although I think they are going to be pretty darn cool) and while I am helping him, he is doing the bulk of the work with heavy supervision around the tools.
Thanks in advance, Al
