The sheers breaking the dowel wood looks like "blowout", which can be caused by a few different things, but basically it's breaking the wood grain instead of cutting through it.
I know you’re not completely happy with the outcome, but at least on camera it looks great! Former Michael’s employee here, you can get legit armature wire in the clay aisle. Jewelry wire tends to be far more tense for its gauge because the goal is to move as little as possible once the setting is in place. And definitely ditch those crummy mitre shears. A pair where you can change the blades out for fresh is definitely worth the investment.
The sheers breaking the dowel wood looks like "blowout", which can be caused by a few different things, but basically it's breaking the wood grain instead of cutting through it.
I know you’re not completely happy with the outcome, but at least on camera it looks great!
Former Michael’s employee here, you can get legit armature wire in the clay aisle. Jewelry wire tends to be far more tense for its gauge because the goal is to move as little as possible once the setting is in place.
And definitely ditch those crummy mitre shears. A pair where you can change the blades out for fresh is definitely worth the investment.
4:55 its called a Miter box
Lol yes thank you!! Sometimes my brain goes completely blank.