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BUTTON MAKER - TWO HOLE OR FOUR HOLE |
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Simple, easy to use 2 hole or 4 hole button maker. And when you wear out the mandrels, just replace with 1/16 standard bead mandrels. All stainless steel, can go right into your kiln. Only $12. |
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Here are the simple parts invented and made by us at Devardi Glass. Comes with 4 standard 1/16 stainless mandrels. |
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Need just two holes? Take two mandrels out. |
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For smaller buttons, push the disks closer together so your button holes will be closer toward the center of your button. |
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For bigger buttons, pull the disks farther apart and the mandrels widen in the center. This moves your button holes further apart. |
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It is suggested to start with two hole buttons to get a feel for how to do this. With the button maker assembled, coat the mandrels in a deep jar with bead release. Bead release will go over the end button guide if you plan to make the button in the middle of the guides. That's ok. You can also paint the release on with a brush as we did below. Allow to dry. With a 4 hole button, it is best to use stringers to get your glass inside the mandrels. You don't have to make your button between the button guides. You can make your button on the end of the mandrels. But you will still need to insert both button guides onto the mandrels to keep them steady. For button holes farther apart than the button guides, you will need to make your button in between the guides and spread the guides apart. This increases the distance of the button holes as you can see in the pictures below. |
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Palette Mandrels: For Pins, Cabs, Magnets & More. |
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Palette Mandrels: Just coat the all stainless steel pad with Devardi Bead Release (sold here), and you're ready to explore your artistic talents. Palette is 2 inches x 2 inches with a 3/16 inch x 9 inch mandrel. $12.50 Each. |
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Coat your pad with mandrel release and allow it to dry. Heat the pad with your torch until it is hot enough for glass to stick. This is an 1/8 inch thick stainless pad, so it will hold its heat well without warping. But it takes some heat initially for it to reach working temperatures. Apply your melted glass. When you're done, place the entire mandrel into a heated kiln or cooling blanket, or carefully remove your piece onto a fiber blanket and place it into a heated kiln or inside a cooling blanket. |
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CABOCHON OR MAGNET MAKERS |
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3/4 INCH SQUARE. $8.99 EACH
1 INCH SQUARE. $9.99 EACH
1-1/4 INCH SQUARE. $11.99 EACH
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THIMBLE MAKER |
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SOLID STAINLESS. COAT THE HEAD WITH BEAD RELEASE AND ALLOW TO DRY. HEAT THE HEAD UNTIL HOT ENOUGH THAT GLASS WILL STICK. USE A THIN COAT OF GLASS TO COVER THE MANDREL HEAD (NOT UNDERNEATH). THEN DECORATE THE THIMBLE. PLACE THE MANDREL AND ALL IN THE KILN TO ANNEAL. THE THIMBLE HEAD IS WELDED ON A 3/16 X 9 INCH MANDREL. Medium Thimble Size. $9.99 Each |
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Ok, no laughing. It's my first thimble ever. LOL! |
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RING MAKER |
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SOLID STAINLESS STEEL ON A 3/16 X 9 INCH MANDREL. $8.99 EACH |
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COAT THE MANDREL HEAD WITH BEAD RELEASE AND ALLOW IT TO DRY. HEAT THE ENTIRE MANDREL HEAD AND APPLY GLASS LIKE YOU WOULD A BEAD OR THIMBLE. FOR BEST RESULTS, ANNEAL YOUR RING IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU MAKE IT. REMOVE YOUR RING FROM THE MANDREL AND CLEAN IT WITH A DIAMOND BIT INSIDE TO REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE ROUGH EDGES. RINGS ARE NORMALLY MADE WITH BORO, BUT COE 104 WORKS WELL IF IT IS ANNEALED. |
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Napkin Ring Mandrels |
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12 inches long with a 3/16 inch handle. All stainless steel. Goes directly into your kiln. These are hollow to keep them as lightweight as possible.
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Bracelet Mandrels |
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Side Hole Mandrel for making hollow beads. |
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12 inch x 1/8 Inch Stainless Steel Mandrel with a side hole for making hollow beads. These are welded shut on the end. $6.99 Each. |
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Side Hole Mandrel for Pandora Beads |
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Grafco Latex Tubing |
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1/8 inch Inside Diameter., 1/4 inch Outside Diameter, 1/16 inch Wall. Excellent quality. Please change the number of feet you would like in the shopping cart. The tubing will come in one continuous piece. Sold by the foot. Recommended length is 3 feet. $1.35 per foot.
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Stainless Steel Mandrels |
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 New - 1.2 mm thick 308H
TIG stainless mandrels.
The best mandrels on the market. These can be used
for very small hole beads using bead release, or they can be used without
bead release, leaving the glass on the mandrel. Just make the bead at the
end of the bare mandrel and clip it about a half inch from the bead. Use
long-nosed pliers to bend the 1/2 inch mandrel to form a closed hook. Or,
clip it so a longer piece protrudes from the bead, and just add decorative
findings. 10 mandrels about 11 inches long for $2.99
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New - 308H
TIG stainless mandrels-
1/16 Inch x 11 - 12 inches long.
Package of 6 -
$2.99
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New - 308H
TIG stainless mandrels- 1/8 Inch
x 11 inches long. The best mandrels on the market. Package of 5
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$3.99
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New - 308H
TIG stainless mandrels- 3/32 Inch
x 11 inches long. The best mandrels on the market. Package of 6
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$3.69
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Pandora - 3/16 Inch (4.75mm) x 9 inches long. Stainless Steel. Ideal for the Pandora bead inserts. Package of 3 - $3.69 |
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Pandora - 3/16 Inch (4.75mm) x 12 inches long. Stainless Steel. Ideal for the Pandora bead inserts. Package of 3 - $4.99 | ||
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1/4 Inch x 12 inches long. Stainless Steel. Package of 2 - $3.99 | |
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5/16 Inch x 12 inches long. Stainless Steel. Package of 1 - $3.99 | |
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1/2 Inch x 12 inches long. Stainless Steel. Package of 1 - $7.99 | |
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Vessel Mandrel |
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3/8 to 1/8 inch head x 12 Inch Stainless Vessel Mandrel. This is a hollow stainless tube so you can expand the bottom of the vase, bottle or other vessel. The taper on the end of the mandrel is about 1 inch long and tapers from 3/8 to 1/8 inch. Welded on a 3/16 hollow tube. $14.99 each. |
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Larger Stainless Vessel Mandrel. 5/8 to 3/16 x 12 inch. This is a hollow stainless 3/16 inch tube so you can expand the bottom of the vase, bottle or other vessel. The taper on the end of the mandrel is about 1.5 inches long. | |
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$15.99 | |
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