Jewelry Beads on the Lathe 

Excellent video. I can hardly wait to share this with my husband.

always enjoy watching you turn mike . your a good teacher . thank you for sharing your turning knowledge with us all .

Another blast from the past! Outasite there, Mike. Very cool. First thing i gave a girl was a string of love beads. Thanks for the tips, tricks, techniques, and memories!

Nice project, thanks for posting Mike.

I carve beads by hand for fun. Carve, file, sand, and polish by hand. It’s a neat thing. They aren’t as uniform, but I kind of like it. Especially if I’m making them out of seeds or nuts. You ought to try that. Peach pits and other seeds.

Thanks, Mike! Great practical skew practice!

Great job mike 👍👍 another great video

Well done instructional video. Thanks .

One again more great information and experience

Thanks for sharing

Great tips,

That's super helpful 👍

Hi!! Love tour vids!

Way to go mike!

Thanks Mike. You seem to have a video on nearly any lathe project I want to make.

Iam new comer.. interesting things.. lets see more.

So many ideas

Nice work great tips with the skew take care. Y.N.W.A.

Nice video! Why make beads?...for one...large beads are hard to find or expensive, as I like large natural wood beads for plant hangers! Also, just something nostalgic about saying, “See the beads on that hanger...made those out of the climbing tree on the old homestead...bring a piece of home with you!”

Being a segmented wood turner I end up with a lot of multi colored scraps from making my laminate, the make wonderful beads.

Mike, you asked for tips .For catching flying items when parting off I place a 2litre ice cream box on the bedways. Nearly always successful, and essential when ejecting stuck Morse taper mounted Steb centres with a push rod. Some shavings protect the tips.(No longer using my wife as wicket keeper!). For continuous cutting beads &c., providing the bore is not too fine nor tool pressure too great, a hardened steel rod can be used as a simple mandrel, with bored wooden Morse taper in the tailstock. I use a three jawed chuck, which also allows the headstock to act as mandrel saver. Bushes are no problem. Of course a long drill is necessary, and you could still mount the blank in your collet chuck and let the cut beads slide along the mandrel safely.. Bernard.

How about sticking a wire in the end hole to trap instead of catch ?

lol @ I haven't caught one yet, brilliant.

how bout a video about turning a wooden pipe? youre my hero Mike Peace!

Hope to make some jewelry as soon as the shop warms up a bit. Do you make several beads at at time from the same wood?

I would like to turn amber.. what do you recommend

My 12 year old granddaughter will love some new beads. I’m a pen turner so I have lots of cut offs. Thank you for the video. Why didn’t you use your new Laguna for these small pieces?

I am attempting to make bone beads as I do a lot on bone and shell pendant carving. I've never been able to find a way to keep a piece of bone in a chuck or on a spindle that isn't anything but a frustrating failure. Do you have any advice?

@11:43 Good practice makes you a good wood turner, but I would never try that like this guy, because even good wood turners get a catch, and with that knife, no matter the skill, it will be painful, :-)

Thanks for sharing