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Studio Tour - Reaming Beads

Reaming is a necessary evil when you work with wire. I always try to get beads with holes large enough to accommodate the wire I am working with. But, you know, sometimes you just covet that lovely bead with the hole that is too little. Most of the time I use an electric reamer because it is a lot faster than hand reaming. The electric reamer is safely done using a stick lubricant such as Cut Lube or Bur Life. Reaming is most effective when you are trying to make the hole a little larger, not a lot larger.

The blue-handled reamer enlarges holes in glass, stone, and metal beads. If you are manually reaming I recommend you do it under water. The wood handled reamer is actually used in wax carving, but, is a perfect tool to expand the holes in polymer clay beads. It has a corkscrew tip that effectively removes polymer clay without clogging the reamer.

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