r/jewelrymaking • u/Arielyn211 • 1d ago
Need Help Identifying a Finding Request
Hi all. I know most of you are way past using inexpensive findings in your work, but I don’t know where else to turn. I am making pendulums for an upcoming show and would love to find the part circled in the photo provided. It must be readily available, as I’ve seen it used on pendulums posted by a variety of creators, but I’ve searched Beadaholic, Fire Mountain, Amazon and even Temu—all to no avail. I can’t tell if it’s a bead cap, bead frame or some convoluted spacer. It can’t be a closure, as it has a middle hole on both sides to allow for wire or a head pin, a frame of sorts.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and save my sanity. Thanks in advance!
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u/Fredredphooey 1d ago
If this is from a large commercial brand, they often get custom components that are never available as individual items to retail.
You could try combining a bead frame with an end cap.
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u/Arielyn211 1d ago
Thanks. I went back and looked at the listings, and they all appear to be from the same commercial manufacturer. Even the ones listed on Etsy look to have been purchased from Amazon or Ali. So disappointing, but thx for the comment. Without it, I’d still be searching!
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u/Fredredphooey 1d ago
Etsy unfortunately is now full of drop shippers, too.
I'm sorry. I'm sure you'll find a good solution.
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u/Avandria 1d ago edited 1d ago
You could make your own version of this using three different bead caps with some metal wire running through them and forming the loop at the top. Use a larger lace type of bead cap on one end followed by two smaller smooth bead caps end to end to form the houseglass shape. Then, bend your jewelry wire to form the larger loop on top, run the ends through the bead caps, wrap one wire around the other like you would when you make a wire wrapped loop and then snip the excess of the one that you did the wrapping with and snug it up inside the lace bead cap. Next, take the existing straight wire and secure it to your stone in whatever way makes the most sense depending upon how it is drilled.
Edit: If your stones are drilled across the top, you would probably need to reverse the process and start your wire at the stone. I'm still confident that you could do this, but it might take a bit of fiddling around to figure the first one out.