06/24/2026
I am a big fan of finishing my work in a rotary tumbler-you can't beat the finish! I spent many hours on this lentil bead and was dubious of putting it into my tumbler.
Kudos to Jeanie Pratt for teaching me how to weave metal.
I knew the holes would be a magnet for the tumbling medium, so I cut a length of copper wire that was just a little smaller than the holes, annealed it and inserted it into the bead and bent ends to hold it in place snuggly
It worked perfectly! I was able to straighten one end of the wire to remove it from the bead. If you are afraid of scratching yoir bead, just cut the wire instead.
