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Summary: How to finish a safety pin clasp for a razor blade charm bracelet from household items; get expert tips and advice on making jewelry from recycled materials in this free instructional video.
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"JASON HARRIS: Hi, I'm Jason with ExpertVillage.com. And today, we're making a necklace out of wire and coaxial cable and safety pins and basically just anything we can find. I like to make these things rather than just throwing stuff away, make something useful out of all of it, even the razorblade I just found. So what we're going to do is take the bead, put it on the last bead. We're going to pull all the way up to the first knot, and the knot is still a little bit loose. So I'm just going to pull on the string and on the bead, and that will actually tighten my knot up. We'll do that again. And now I'm just going to tie the knot in the back. This knot needs to rest against the back of the bead. So just like the other one, just keep pushing it down. Okay, so now the knots in the back--and I'm going to take a pair of pliers and hold on to the wire and put my fingers on the bead and just pull to get that knot a little bit tighter, and I'm going to do that on both sides. And then the next step, I'm actually going to put a tiny bit of glue in all of the knots and that will keep them from coming loose. And the glue is clear so you'll never even see it. We'll put a tiny dab of glue on next."
eHow Article: Finishing a Safety Pin Clasp for a Razor Blade Bracelet