Sliding bead gauges?

Does anyone here use a sliding bead guage to measure their beads? I
still have a lot of trouble telling one size bead from another,
especially if the beads are only a mm apart. I can definately tell the
differences in sizes if I have all the beads together, but by looking at
them seperately I can't tell the size, except for the 4mm beads. Are
the sliding gauges hard to use?

Valerie

they are pretty easy to use.
If you have a "Harbor Freight" store near you you can get a brass micrometer
for about $2.
They have both mm and inches.
Armand

Hmm...there's 2 in S. FL...neither one is really close to me. One isn't
too far from where I used to live in S. Miami, but where I'm at now,
it's a 45 minute trip down there. The one in Ft. Lauderdale is probably
about the same distance.

Valerie

Armand Vine wrote:
they are pretty easy to use.
If you have a "Harbor Freight" store near you you can get a brass micrometer
for about $2.
They have both mm and inches.
Armand

You can also purchase them at any home improvement store.

--
Starlia Klopman
www.klopmanstudios.com


"Valerie2" wrote in message
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Hmm...there's 2 in S. FL...neither one is really close to me. One isn't
too far from where I used to live in S. Miami, but where I'm at now,
it's a 45 minute trip down there. The one in Ft. Lauderdale is probably
about the same distance.

Valerie

Armand Vine wrote:
they are pretty easy to use.
If you have a "Harbor Freight" store near you you can get a brass
micrometer
for about $2.
They have both mm and inches.
Armand

Hi Valerie.

I just emailed you...hope it goes through to your reply address.

I have a little brass one I don't use anymore that I can send you.

Just need your address.

--
Lori Greenberg
http://www.beadnerd.com

ebay auctions:
http://snipurl.com/5wlc

"Valerie2" wrote in message
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Does anyone here use a sliding bead guage to measure their beads? I
still have a lot of trouble telling one size bead from another,
especially if the beads are only a mm apart. I can definately tell the
differences in sizes if I have all the beads together, but by looking at
them seperately I can't tell the size, except for the 4mm beads. Are
the sliding gauges hard to use?

Valerie

They're really easy to use. I have one and that's what I use to measure my
beads when I list them for sale. The one I have is brass, and it was
relatively inexpensive. It's indespensable!

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

Does anyone here use a sliding bead guage to measure their beads? I
still have a lot of trouble telling one size bead from another,
especially if the beads are only a mm apart. I can definately tell the
differences in sizes if I have all the beads together, but by looking at
them seperately I can't tell the size, except for the 4mm beads. Are
the sliding gauges hard to use?

Valerie

I'll be happy to send you a fabulous bead size chart, Valerie2 -- just send me
your snail address at:
divaocean AT aol DOT com
~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

Thanks, Sooz! I took Lori up on her offer, though. BTW, I don't
think I've ever seen a bead size chart..except for one in my bead book,
but that one's not very easy to use, because all it shows is an outline
of a bead along with the size.

Valerie

Dr. Sooz wrote:
I'll be happy to send you a fabulous bead size chart, Valerie2 -- just send me
your snail address at:
divaocean AT aol DOT com
~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

I don't
think I've ever seen a bead size chart..except for one in my bead book,
but that one's not very easy to use, because all it shows is an outline
of a bead along with the size.

Easy. You just hold the bead up to the chart.
~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html