Comments on: What kind of tools do I need to make beads from granite? http://dwarvesofmandalay.com/hobbies-crafts/what-kind-of-tools-do-i-need-to-make-beads-from-granite/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jovita http://dwarvesofmandalay.com/hobbies-crafts/what-kind-of-tools-do-i-need-to-make-beads-from-granite/#comment-192 Jovita Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:50:44 +0000 http://dwarvesofmandalay.com/hobbies-crafts/what-kind-of-tools-do-i-need-to-make-beads-from-granite/#comment-192 If you are talking about handmaking individual beads, then look at www.mamasminerals.com/lmrhftumblingdrilling.html If you mean to create a business and sell strands of beads, I see thatwww.abeadstore.com/roundbeads2.html sells an entire strand of semiprecious stone beads for $5-$10. Obviously they have automatic equipment AND incredibly cheap labor. If you are talking about handmaking individual beads, then look at http://www.mamasminerals.com/lmrhftumblingdrilling.html

If you mean to create a business and sell strands of beads, I see thatwww.abeadstore.com/roundbeads2.html sells an entire strand of semiprecious stone beads for $5-$10. Obviously they have automatic equipment AND incredibly cheap labor.

]]> By: Inga http://dwarvesofmandalay.com/hobbies-crafts/what-kind-of-tools-do-i-need-to-make-beads-from-granite/#comment-191 Inga Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:23:12 +0000 http://dwarvesofmandalay.com/hobbies-crafts/what-kind-of-tools-do-i-need-to-make-beads-from-granite/#comment-191 Most bead tool sites on the web cater to people who make glass beads but a rock tumbler, a Dremel Rotary tool, a small vise and lots of patience will get you started. Just be warned in advance-the smaller the beads the more work it will take. Have fun! from a stone sculptor! Most bead tool sites on the web cater to people who make glass beads but a rock tumbler, a Dremel Rotary tool, a small vise and lots of patience will get you started. Just be warned in advance-the smaller the beads the more work it will take. Have fun! from a stone sculptor!

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