Comments on: How can I make glass beads at home? http://the-bead-attic.com/bead-talk/how-can-i-make-glass-beads-at-home.php Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: peanuthead097 http://the-bead-attic.com/bead-talk/how-can-i-make-glass-beads-at-home.php/comment-page-1#comment-230 peanuthead097 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:51:26 +0000 http://the-bead-attic.com/bead-talk/how-can-i-make-glass-beads-at-home.php#comment-230 here are the steps in making lampwork beads: here are the steps in making lampwork beads:

]]> By: hairbender http://the-bead-attic.com/bead-talk/how-can-i-make-glass-beads-at-home.php/comment-page-1#comment-229 hairbender Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:06:29 +0000 http://the-bead-attic.com/bead-talk/how-can-i-make-glass-beads-at-home.php#comment-229 This can be really tricky to do. Glass beads are made from a glass tube that is cut into the right lengths -- some longer, some shorter. They are then heated in a tumbler at a temperature high enough to start to melt the beads only slightly to make the rounded smooth edges, but not enough to melt the glass completely. I don't know how you can do that at home. You can try. But you may end up only making 1 or 2 beads... with a lot of failures. It's fun to try anyway! This can be really tricky to do.

Glass beads are made from a glass tube that is cut into the right lengths — some longer, some shorter. They are then heated in a tumbler at a temperature high enough to start to melt the beads only slightly to make the rounded smooth edges, but not enough to melt the glass completely.

I don’t know how you can do that at home. You can try. But you may end up only making 1 or 2 beads… with a lot of failures. It’s fun to try anyway!

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