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Summary: How to sand the safety pin for making jewelry from recycled parts; get expert tips and advice on tools and techniques for hand made jewelry in this free instructional video.
Joe Maughan is a second-generation jeweler with over 15 years experience in the jewelry industry. Joe is the owner of "The Vug" jewelry store in Salt Lake City, Utah.read more
"Hi I'm Jason, I'm shooting on behalf of expertvillage.com today. We are making a necklace out of recycled materials. So far we have selected the wire, the charms and the beads we want. To make our necklace, we smoothed the edges on the beads and the charm. We've cut the clasp from the safety pin and now as the same as before with the dremel were going to smooth the edges. This one is a little bit trickier because it's so hard to hold on to. So I'm going to take another bit, that's just a drill bit that goes in the dremel. I'm going to put the clasp around it and I'm going to place my thumb on the back, that way it won't move and I won't get my fingers when I go with the dremel up in there, it won't take it all the way out of my hands. Were going to use the same bit we used last time, the sanding bit that will take this off very fast and once again there won't be any sparks. I'll demonstrate that next."
eHow Article: Sanding The Safety Pin for Making Recycled Jewelry: Part 1
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