How are beads made?

Beads, in addition to a variety of materials, the shape of their beads is also varied and colorful. For example, in addition to bodhi, there are artificial shapes such as circle, cylinder, cylinder, square, diamond, drum, sheet and flat, and so on. Craft beads, but also make good use of China's traditional production process, almost completely. Beads are usually processed by hand and machine. Manual processing is relatively labor-consuming and time-consuming. At present, except for a few precious materials or remote areas, most beads are made by machines. The following only takes the most commonly used and largest number of circles as an example to explain its manufacturing process. Can be roughly divided into the following steps: ingenious design concept, for the production? It is very important to string elegant, beautiful and rigorous beads. Therefore, before making, we must make an overall plan, taking into account the size of Buddha's head (tee), sub-beads and node beads, the shape of stupa, the direction of material texture, the thickness of perforation aperture, the color and thickness of string used for beading, whether it needs elasticity, the weaving style and effect of pendants and accessories, and so on. Cutting molding is mainly based on the preliminary selection of raw materials according to the design intention, and classified cutting molding is carried out according to the different grades, specifications and sizes of processed beads. At this time, we should fully consider the cost of materials to avoid being overqualified and wasting. For example, when processing wooden beads, it is usually necessary to peel them first, cut them into small pieces or strips with cutting tools such as saws, turn them into round materials according to the size specifications of the designed beads, and then spin them into balls with a wooden bead machine. At present, the wooden bead machine used by manufacturers is generally equipped with a variety of tools, which can complete turning, setting and drilling at the same time. At this time, the key point is to control the shape of the beads and ensure that the size and specifications of the whole beads are consistent. At the same time, according to the needs of post-processing equipment, be careful not to cause excessive loss of materials. However, if stone beads are processed, it is first necessary to select particles of appropriate size that match the design concept, manually grind the larger edges and corners in the raw materials into roughly circular shapes one by one, and then put them into a spheronization machine for spheronization. Grinding and polishing is mainly to further grind and polish the cut round beads manually or mechanically.