Bah, one pair is bad

In my construction phase, I've decided to create the medium blue and the black pairs. I started fitting all the pieces and realized quickly that my grinds where to too large on the pieces. A quick trip to BAGI and their lap grinder, done. I put the pieces in paper towels to move them and dry them off.

Much to my dismay when I got the pieces home, one of the medium blue pieces of glass had a few knicks in it. This piece had escaped my grip while on the lap grinder. Bounce, bounce and quick dart underneath the wheel. The wheel was turned off and I went after the blue glass. It looked fine wet.

There's a lesson to all the people who deal with glass. It might look beautiful wet, but when it dries, all scuffs, knicks and anything else will be visible.

Glass cut.... Now the Construction.

This weekend, the beads got cut, ground and polished. I was more nervous during this step of the cuff-link making than any of the previous versions. I'm not sure why.