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Step 5Assemble The Spindle
You'll need to let the whorl cool a little once it comes out of the oven. Obviously it's going to be very hot so be careful.
You can wait until the whorl is room temperature or while it is still slightly warm and pliable slip it together. This has one advantage in that as it cools the rest of the way it will shrink a bit more and stay in place better but it's probably fine either way.
All you need to do is gently push the spindle through the hole in the whorl until it's a few inches from the blunt end with the hook. It helps to rotate the spindle a little while you thread on the whorl.
Note:
If you assemble the spindle while the whorl is "hot" it can crack the polymer clay and you'll need to make a new one. Warm = OK / Hot = NO
(This is also when you will want to add a swank Instructables Robot to the spindle.)
You can wait until the whorl is room temperature or while it is still slightly warm and pliable slip it together. This has one advantage in that as it cools the rest of the way it will shrink a bit more and stay in place better but it's probably fine either way.
All you need to do is gently push the spindle through the hole in the whorl until it's a few inches from the blunt end with the hook. It helps to rotate the spindle a little while you thread on the whorl.
Note:
If you assemble the spindle while the whorl is "hot" it can crack the polymer clay and you'll need to make a new one. Warm = OK / Hot = NO
(This is also when you will want to add a swank Instructables Robot to the spindle.)
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