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2024-08-13, 2:33am
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J R Hooper
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Cabochon mandrels
Was looking at these the other day, some of them are pretty cool, but I've never used one. I'd love to see some pics if you guys do. I reckon the glass just sticks to it, have you ever had one fall off? They seem awful thin and it looks like some of them are threaded onto a male screw connection, how well does that hold up?
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2024-08-13, 8:10am
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Glass will stick to them. Add bead release. Mine have held up for years, but the maker of mine is no longer selling them. I use them as punties for twisties sometime, or as a base for a murrini gather, as well as for cabachons. Of course no bead release for twisties or murrini. I just dunk in water to get off any stuck bits.
I have never used them with boro, so have no advice for that.
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2024-08-16, 7:52am
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Wait until you discover button mandrels  Never have conquered those, but had fun trying.
Definitely bead release on any mandrel unless you want a expensive plant decorations, or for uses Kathy suggests.
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2024-08-26, 12:10pm
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so youd have a pendant with one side coated in release? that seems weird. do you scrub it off with like a sheet of sandpaper? are these meant to be laid in to some sort of object so you dont see the back?
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2024-08-26, 12:13pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Woonasty
so youd have a pendant with one side coated in release? that seems weird. do you scrub it off with like a sheet of sandpaper? are these meant to be laid in to some sort of object so you dont see the back?
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Exactly. You make the flat cab, anneal, scrub the release off the back and then set in a bezel like you would a semi precious stone.
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