When choosing a tube bail, make sure the cord or chain fits into the tube nicely. It’s especially popular in leather cord jewelry design. Normally it has a loop soldered at the bottom of the tube so a pendant can be attached to it. Ī tube bail has a tube that allows a cord or chunky chain to go through it. When choosing a snap-on bail, make sure the pendant hole is big enough to fit into the bail loop when it’s open. Some snap-on bails use hinge and snap/clip designs while others use magnetic clasp like loops to close together. As a result, it’s an ideal bail for jewelry pieces with interchangeable pendant designs. The design of the snap-on bail allows you to open and close it without the use of tools, so a pendant can be attached or detached easily from it.
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It’s important to use professional jewelry adhesive and press it firmly to make sure the gem is securely glued to the bail. Instead, it has a relatively large flat area at the back of the bail to be glued onto the flat surface of a gemstone or cabochon.
Unlike the peg bail, it doesn’t have a peg. Īs the name suggests, this type of bail is to be used with glue. Ideally, the stone or pearl can stay on the bail without falling off even without the use of glue. When choosing a peg bail, you need to make sure the length and diameter of the peg fit the half-drilled hole of the pearl or stone nicely. The screw one is preferred since it has a more secure hold on the stone. The peg will go all the way into the pearl or stone and get glued into place. It is designed to be used for half-drilled pearls or gemstones. The peg is either smooth or has ridges like a screw. Peg bails have only one peg sticking out at the bottom of them. Pinch bails can be attached with a pair of flat-nose pliers or just with your fingers. You also need to know the distance from the peg to the top of the inside of the bail, making sure it’s slightly bigger than the distance from the top tip of your stone to the drilled hole so the stone can fit in the bail without any problems. You will need to know how wide the pinch bail can open so it can fit the thickness of your stone. When choosing a pinch bail, making sure you read the measurement of the bail carefully. Ī pinch bail has two pegs inside the opening of the bail that are facing each other and “pinch” into each side of a side drilled through-hole gemstone or briolette. Normally the ring is hidden behind a decorative bail front. The ring or loop is used to attach a charm, pendant, or similar component with a hole onto the bail. This type of bail has either an open or closed ring or loop on it.
It’s one of the simplest and easiest bails to use. Once you let it go, it will close by itself under the tension of the metal.
You can push it open and slip a pendant onto it and then let it go. The standard bail uses simple tension to keep the bail opening closed.
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