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Abrasive Buffs - DIY
How to make your own Dremel-like abrasive buffs. |
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Bead Baking Tools
Three simple tools I use to help bake those polymer clay beads. |
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Bead
Drilling Jig
With a
Dremel, its drill press, and a simple jig, see how it's an ideal
setup for drilling into lentil shaped beads. |
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Bead Roller
- Handmade
See my handmade clay bead roller. |
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Better Dremel
Buff Wheel
Practical, simple instructions
on how to make a felt polyester wheel, ideal for buffing polymer
clay. |
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Better Dremel
Mandrel
Practical, simple instructions
on how to make a customized Dremel spindle that holds more
than one buffing wheel. |
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Buffing Basics
Bewildered by whats and hows of
buffing polymer clay? Step inside for an introduction. |
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Giant Extruder
Use a giant clay extruder for polymer
clay fun. |
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Koil Kutter
A visual supplemental guide to using
a Koil Kutter to make jump rings. |
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Little Torch
by Smith
A visual supplemental guide to using
the Smith Little Torch with disposable tanks. |
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Narrowing
a Pasta Machine's Width
Want a skinny Skinner blend? See
how to make your own simple jig to narrow a pasta machine's width. |
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Pasta
Machine - Basic Use
Ever wonder how to use your pasta
machine properly? Well, for polymer clay, not pasta, for goodness sake! |
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Pasta
Machine - Basic Care
How your pasta machine can discolor
clay and instructions on how to quickly disassemble your machine to
reduce discolorations and streaks. |
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Pasta
Machine - Extreme Care
How to completely disassemble both
sides for cleaning, lubricating and adjusting. (For serious pasta machine
mechanics ;-) |
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Pasta
Machine -
Trattorina Care
How to disassemble for cleaning
and lubricating. Also tips on how to remove those heavy noodle rollers.
(For master pasta machine mechanics ;-) |
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Photo Setup
- "Black Ice"
Here's a low cost way to setup
and special photographic lighting method that creates high end
jewelry photos, using a shower curtain and chopping mats. |
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PhotoEZ Stencil
Making
Clear and complete instructions
on how to make your own wonderful stencils using a photo-sensitive
material called PhotoEZ. |
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PhotoEZ
Stencil Use
Got some
PhotoEz stencils but don't know how to use them and treat them right? |
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Sanding
Basics
Making sense of sanding polymer clay? This might help you. |
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Sanding
with a Mouse
Adapting
this nifty orbital sander to wet sand (sort of) polymer clay surfaces. |
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Thwock Sanding Lentil Beads
Attach a mini suction cup to a drill and super-sand your lentil in seconds! |
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Tumble Buffing Polymer Clay Beads
How I use white denim, etc. to tumble
buff polymer clay beads to a satin finish. |
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Tumble Sanding
with River Rocks
How I use rocks to tumble sand
(abrade) polymer clay beads. |
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Tumble
Sanding with Sandpaper
How I used to use sandpaper
to tumble sand (abrade) polymer clay beads. |
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Tumbler
Liner for a Lortone
Those
black rubber tumblers staining your polymer clay beads? Read how
I solved that problem. |
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Tumblers and
Polymer Clay
Most tumblers are for rock tumbling.
Using them for polymer clay may be a little different. |
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Tumbling Media
Most tumblers are for rock tumbling.
Using them for polymer clay may be a little different. |
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