![]() and after paying sales taxes locally or Ebay fees, mailing and mailing costs I make between $15. The stone is leftovers from knife slabs so the stone cost is zero. ![]() Total costs in wear of equipment, diamond bits, leather cord, ID card, gift bag and plastic bag for storage is about $4. It takes just about an hour from start of the cutting to finishing the polishing of the drilled hole and another 10 minutes for the ID cards and photos. I tie the string to a rod and run the polished pendant with a fair amount of pressure up and down the cord for a couple of minutes and get a nice looking hole. I do a rough polish of the inside of the drilled holes with a waxed piece of string. The final touch is using a 4mm ball bit to taper the entire hole for a smoother transition from the hole to the polished sides.īoth the front and back are polished and the necklaces are on 1.3mm German leather (brown) or Greek Leather cord (black).įor maximum speed, all of the work is freehand including drilling of the holes for cord. ![]() I then go back to the 1mm bit to taper the top of the hole a bit for a chain to slide easily. I use a 1 mm bit for the pilot hole and a bit of expansion and then a 2mm bit for the elongated hole. ![]() The holes are drilled for cord up to 2.MM and to fit a variety of chains by elongating the hole I drill through. I did three test necklace pedants today to see how it works for drilled low cost pendants. This is more about sharing the photos of the Purple Cow Jasper we found in McDermitt Oregon and a minor tutorial on low cost jewelry artworks. ![]()
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