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0:00:07.150,0:00:11.000 Hi this is Julie with Beadaholique.com and
today I want to show you how to dap and hole
0:00:11.000,0:00:15.249 punch Lillypilly Aluminum blanks to
use in jewelry designs.
0:00:15.249,0:00:17.890 So here are what the Lillypilly blanks look
like.
0:00:17.890,0:00:21.910 They've got printed designs on them.
Please excuse my fingers you can tell I've been
0:00:21.910,0:00:24.919 playing with patinas and Sharpie
markers here.
0:00:24.919,0:00:27.060 So they come flat
0:00:27.060,0:00:29.830 and then what you can do is you can
dap them
0:00:29.830,0:00:31.450 to get them this wonderful
0:00:31.450,0:00:33.380 rounded shape.
0:00:33.380,0:00:36.370 So it's really easy to do.
0:00:36.370,0:00:38.570 I'm going to do it here with these
0:00:38.570,0:00:42.170 pair of blanks something and then turn
into a print just using a jump ring and
0:00:42.170,0:00:43.630 earring finding.
0:00:43.630,0:00:46.960 You going to use a dapping set.
A dapping set is going to work better in this
0:00:46.960,0:00:51.639 application just because it's not gonna
mar into the printed surface of Lillypilly blank.
0:00:51.639,0:00:54.230 Metal can be a little bit harsher on
them.
0:00:54.230,0:00:57.510 I've got a couple sizes of wood dapping
dowels,
0:00:57.510,0:01:02.230 a rubber mallet and then I'm going to
hole punch my blanks.
0:01:02.230,0:01:06.300 So when you dap the blanks you want to go
ahead and punch a hole in the aluminum
0:01:06.300,0:01:08.530 after you've dapped them.
0:01:08.530,0:01:12.330 But to show you what would happen if you
punch them beforehand and go ahead and
0:01:12.330,0:01:16.390 punch dap it and then at the end
of the video when we make the earring I'll
0:01:16.390,0:01:19.730 show you why that's not such a good idea
and how to easily correct it if you
0:01:19.730,0:01:22.150 did go ahead and do it beforehand.
0:01:22.150,0:01:24.500 So to begin
0:01:24.500,0:01:26.660 I'm going to hole punch
0:01:26.660,0:01:31.220 my Lillypilly blank using just a Euro
Punch 1.25
0:01:31.220,0:01:32.630 millimeter
0:01:32.630,0:01:36.280 hole punch.
This is made for going through metal.
0:01:36.280,0:01:39.390 I'm just going to insert the blank
0:01:39.390,0:01:40.740 between
0:01:40.740,0:01:42.730 into parts of the plier
0:01:42.730,0:01:44.880 and punch down
0:01:44.880,0:01:48.330 just like.
It doesn't take any effort.
0:01:48.330,0:01:49.930 So I'm going to put it
0:01:49.930,0:01:51.400 printed side down
0:01:51.400,0:01:53.900 into a larger hole.
0:01:53.900,0:01:57.349 Eventually it's going to go into this hole
which is the appropriate size
0:01:57.349,0:01:59.010 But I want to start
0:01:59.010,0:02:01.810 with a large one.
Just going to make it a little bit easier
0:02:01.810,0:02:02.699 to go so.
0:02:02.699,0:02:03.680 I'm going to
0:02:03.680,0:02:07.490 punch from the top and I'm
you'll see me rotate my dapping dowels.
0:02:07.490,0:02:10.939 So I have a nice even
0:02:10.939,0:02:17.939 rounded surface.
0:02:22.889,0:02:25.119 Once I made a little bit of an indent
0:02:25.119,0:02:32.119 I'm going to move it to the smaller one.
Now it fits a little bit better in there.
0:02:42.459,0:02:45.499 Take it out and check out the
progress
0:02:45.499,0:02:52.499 put it right back in.
0:03:06.040,0:03:08.620 I'm actually really happy
with that shape.
0:03:09.669,0:03:12.769 A little bit of dust was create from the wood.
0:03:12.769,0:03:16.389 I've a nice round shape.
You can see it didn't mar the surface.
0:03:16.389,0:03:19.040 So now I want to punch a hole
0:03:19.040,0:03:22.139 directly below the one I punched before.
0:03:22.139,0:03:25.079 I'm just going to go in there
0:03:25.079,0:03:28.669 eye ball it.
You could draw a line to begin with if you want on the back side
0:03:28.669,0:03:29.749 but
0:03:29.749,0:03:34.400 I find it works pretty well if I just eye
ball it.
0:03:34.400,0:03:37.139 Punch down
0:03:37.139,0:03:38.369 and there we go.
0:03:38.369,0:03:41.319 Now I'm going to go ahead and do the same
for the other.
I did want to show you real
0:03:41.319,0:03:46.269 quick.
This started out looking like this and then I just took a purple
0:03:46.269,0:03:47.779 Sharpie permanent marker.
0:03:47.779,0:03:51.269 I color in the little flowers and we
actually have another on
0:03:51.269,0:03:52.550 Beadaholique.com
0:03:52.550,0:03:54.529 showing you how to do that.
0:03:54.529,0:03:58.059 So I'm going to take this little guy
0:03:58.059,0:04:01.459 and put them.
Now he's okay because he's got a lot of room to move in there.
0:04:01.459,0:04:08.459 I'm just going to go ahead and and dap them.
0:04:15.359,0:04:22.359 Pull it out.
You might want to go and dap it a little bit more.
0:04:24.660,0:04:26.219 There you go.
0:04:26.219,0:04:30.150 So I'm going to line this up and see
how I want to position
0:04:30.150,0:04:31.780 the bottom one.
0:04:31.780,0:04:37.099 I want it to go upright or down
below.
0:04:37.099,0:04:39.050 I think upright works.
0:04:39.050,0:04:46.050 So now I'm going to take my hole punch.
0:04:51.479,0:04:53.199 There we go.
0:04:53.199,0:05:00.199 I picked out an oval jump ring.
0:05:03.549,0:05:09.150 Open it up
0:05:09.150,0:05:14.429 I'm going to link it through the hole punched
0:05:14.429,0:05:15.940 and I want to add
0:05:15.940,0:05:17.860 the top piece to my
0:05:17.860,0:05:19.789 earring.
Find my hole.
0:05:19.789,0:05:21.159 Then I want to lay like
0:05:21.159,0:05:27.469 this so I have to make sure that this is in
at the right direction.
0:05:27.469,0:05:34.469 Just go through the hole.
0:05:34.919,0:05:37.550 We have the main part of our earring.
0:05:37.550,0:05:41.860 Now remember I told you that it mattered
whether you punched your hole first or
0:05:41.860,0:05:45.239 before you dap or after you dap and this
is why
0:05:45.239,0:05:46.849 because that hole now
0:05:46.849,0:05:50.199 It has been elongated a little bit.
It's not quite as round
0:05:50.199,0:05:52.279 and I'm not going to be able to get
0:05:52.279,0:05:59.279 my earring finding trough it.
0:06:04.969,0:06:07.069 It's too small so
0:06:07.069,0:06:09.190 I'm going to repunch it.
0:06:09.190,0:06:12.599 This is why you do want to go
ahead and punch your holes into these
0:06:12.599,0:06:14.630 after you've dapped them.
0:06:14.630,0:06:17.139 I'm lining up my punch.
0:06:17.139,0:06:19.869 I'm going to punch it.
0:06:19.869,0:06:26.869 Now I can take my earring finding
0:06:27.400,0:06:28.870 thread it through the hole
0:06:28.870,0:06:30.800 and close it back up
0:06:30.800,0:06:37.800 and I'm going to have a finished earring.
0:06:38.619,0:06:41.849 Now you have a quick and easy earring using
Lillypilly aluminum blanks.
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