Turning tiny beads...

[YoYoSpin]

A friend recently suggested that I put together a tutorial on turning beads on pens...so here ya go: http://www.yoyospin.com/bead/. Hope you find the information useful.

 

[dfurlano]

Very well done! Thanks.

 

[Ron in Drums PA]

Well Done Ed.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Thumbs]

I keep saying I learn something almost every time I visit this site![]

Fantastic work! And I thought it was all done with some of those magic wands![][}] I guess they're called skews nowadays.......

 

[Czarcastic]

Ed:
Excellent tutorial. Thank you.
With your permission, I would like to link to your tutorial from the "references" page of our Turning Club's website. (www.FWCWT.org)
Please let me know if this is ok with you.
Thanks.

 

[melogic]

Thanks for sharing Ed. Hopefully in January I will have time to try this out.

 

[JimGo]

WOW, thanks Ed!

 

[YoYoSpin]

Sure Czarcastic, no problem...link away.

 

[gerryr]

THANK YOU ED!!!![]

 

[Easysport]

Thanks for the info Ed.[8D]

 

[jimbo 31751]

Thanks Ed, very well done.[]

 

[Tea Clipper]

Thank you Ed! Your beads have always been perfect, thanks for showing us your technique! []

 

[Darley]

Ed thank you very much for your tutorial, will be put at good use

 

[opfoto]

Ed...
Thanks for the tutorial. I appreciate all the effort you put into it. Well done.

 

[jbyrd24]

Thanks Ed.[] Very informative.

 

[alamocdc]

Thanks, Ed! Great tutorial!

 

[pete00]

thanks for taking the time to post this...

 

[MDWine]

...even I might be able to pull this off!!! Thanks for sharing it!

 

[nilsatcraft]

Cool tutorial, Ed. I haven't ever tried the beading on the pen but I think I'll give it a go now. It looks pretty simple in the tutorial but then again, you're a seasoned pro. [] Thanks for sharing!

 

[Ligget]

Brilliant Ed, this is a great tutorial![][]

 

[wicook]

Like everyone else has said -- thanks, Ed. []

 

[Mikey]

Nice tutorial.

I liked the look of the pens and was not sure how it was done. I had thought a beading tool was used, but since I didn't have one, I was making beads with the skew like shown in the tutorial. One thing I did realize was that spacing can be a challenge when making the beads, so I now mark the blank with a pencil at regular spacing so I have some reference for each cut I make.