So here's 3 beads I made with the threaded stainless steel rods, I love them! If the bead is the right diameter, and I press/roll hard enough, it creates...hmm what would I call this shape...like sorta an hourglass-ish shape
https://www.dropbox.com/s/doftudamj6...%2057%20AM.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s0oucosag7...%2044%20AM.jpg
By the way I have no idea which blue that stringer I was that I made the dots in the second photo but parts of it turned silver, wow, anyone know how that happened? I'd like to do it again lol