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Author Topic: How to enlarge the hole in a ruby bead  (Read 904 times)
MilliJoolz
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« on: March 18, 2007, 09:42:19 PM »
Hi,

I recently purchased a beautiful strand of faceted ruby beads. I have never done anything with ruby so I am a complete novice.

I am trying to enlarge the hole in some of the beads but the bead reamer I am doing that with seems too soft. Is there a way to do this??

Thank you for any help you may have.

Kind regards,
Mildred.
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2007, 10:07:52 AM »
Have you tried with a Diamond tipped drill bit.
since ruby has a hardness of 9 you will need somthing stronger to bore through.


have a look at this
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZgdstfcheepQQhtZ-1
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