Milgrain Tool
Milgrain Tool. A beading tool with a wheel of hemispherical cavities that leaves a trail of precisely and uniformly formed beads. Used with a soft media, as clay or plasteline, it can create a row of beads (as in a border) quicker than modeling each individually. See beading tool.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor