| That's is right Jeremy, the jig only holds the pearls and has a hole in the top to drill through but any turning of the pearl would have to be done manually. So I suppose it is only meant for half drilling pearls.
I have been told that some people can hold a pearl in their fingers while drilling it. But I know they get very hot so don't see how they can do it. Was also told that pearls can be drilled from only one side if careful. Do you think it is possible to do and still get neat drill holes either side?
Valeria101, I have a strand of the smallest keishi anyone is every likely to see. It looks like a strand of silk to me with nothing on it but there are tiny .5 or so keshi on it. It is mind boggling, not only the drilling of them but the stringing up. How?? I will never break it to make anything as I wouldn't be able to find the tiny drill holes. I can hardly see the pearls. I don't understand why they would have been drilled in the first place.
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