[Jewelry making - Article 00763] - Re: [Orchid] Lobster Clasps

[Michael Honeycutt]

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    Tumbling a lobster clasp, depending on the media, may not be such a
    great idea. Think in terms of grit in the mechanism wearing at
    moving parts. Also consider water getting on the spring and rusting
    it. I really don't know, just thinking out loud (electronically that
    is). 

    As for the rod, drill rod works well, old broken tipped screwdrivers
    of differing diameters, drill bits, brazing rod from a welders
    supply house....There are lots of sources of metal rod all around
    you. We live in a throw-away society and, as the wise person said,
    one man's trash is another man's treasure. (I am also quite
    convinced that it works for women in exactly the same way.) There's
    rod all over the place, just about everywhere you look. 

Have fun!
Mike

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