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Bead rolling question?
Did some rings by hand on my bead roller. I turned hand Crank and steered by myself so the beads are not that straight. I am ok with that.
Question is, best way to lead back into where I started the bead. Any tips? My sphere I made was pretty Damn good for me, but distorted heavily after I put the beads in. Any tips? 20160123_133724.jpg 20160123_151331.jpg 20160123_151421.jpg |
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softening the corners of your female dies will help a ton, as well as a good layout for when you come back to meet the start point, that way you get a tangent that follows properly. Learn to follow the line with your dies the same way each time so you get repeatable results.
That and practice, looks good do far! Marty
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I was wondering if I should hit those die edges on the lathe. I will do that tomorrow. I did not make lines, I ran the outside edge against the bead roller for the 1st one and then used the edge of the previous bead for each consecutive one. Lines next time for sure. Just waiting a love joy coupling so I can hook my motor up, then I can stand in front of it. |
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As Marty mentioned layout is key.
It looks like when you got to the starting point you released your guide hand and then gave the handle a little more turn causing the overlap. You should go past the start point to blend in the finish line but you must follow the existing track. The warpage is caused by the irregular distance from the edge. Meaning that you have stretched ether more or less material is different areas of the piece (think circumference). If you stretch the same amount from the same distance from the edge the part will stay straight (think irregular stresses). Look at my video "Bead Roller Practice" and you get an idea of what irregular stresses does to a part. Jere
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Any amount of shrinking or stretching in an unbalanced way will create stresses in an unbalanced way. When you watch the video you will see how screwed up the part is because of most of the stretching was done in an unbalanced way. Making the part is not the art, knowing how to correct it and put it into proper form and arrangement is. Jere
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I think the key to matching the lead in is that you need to steer the panel by concentrating on the exact contact point of the top die to the panel. Get down where you can see it clearly and steer the bottom of the die to your guide line.
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Go around twice for seamless circles
I watched a video called the Art of Bead Rolling and the teacher basically only cranked down the die half way to start off with and went around once, then he cranked it down all the way and went around a second time. by gradually increasing depth you elminate those ugly start/stop marks. Just dont' crank it down in the exact same spot twice
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I find it hard to follow lines on a bead roller because the round die covers up the contact points. I use this setup to follow lines.
I use my magnetic base dial indicator stand to hold the guide.
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