Above: 1. Start with a length of 30-34 gauge metal, roll through the Bonny Doon Microfold Brake (inset)

2. Place the annealed piece on a wooden or delrin 1/2 round channel

3. Use a pipe or round mandrel to form the corrugated piece down into the 1/2 round channel

4. Start wrapping the annealed 1/2 round channel of metal by pinching the ends as shown above, do not pinch the end corrugations

Note that the last corrugation is not pinched, this allows it to mate with the opposite end

5. Overlap the two end corrugations, pinch with some small pliers to secure.

A little light hammering with a plastic mallet trues up the sphere

Finished Bead

Some examples, brass pieces in forground are commercially made