Ivory Bead

[TobyBoudreau]

Jerry, Thanks. I hope a member chimes in, but in the meantime time I'll do some more checking with other smiths doing restoration. When I find out, I'll post it and let you know also. Cheers

[Elvin Ehrhardt]

Guys

For those of you struggling to find a more secure way to attach the ivory beads, here is my alternative. I take standard size brass replacement bead and hot glue the threaded end to a wooden dowel. Then I use my disc sander and dremel tool to hone the bead down to a small shift about the size of a small brad. Then hone your ivory bead to the size you want and drill a whole in the bottom just slightly bigger than the brass shaft you made. Fill the hole with super glue and attach. One helpful factor is to use Super Glue gel rather than the liquid. The gel won’t run out and it tends to make a more complete attachment that will be more difficult to break.