About this Product
If your beading space is limited, or if you're looking for a substantial, yet travel-sized wood beading board, your search is over! Buy it alone or check out our PortaBracelet System #40056 and take your work-in-progress with you wherever you go without losing your beads' positions! And now, stop the guesswork and make accurate bracelets or anklets of nearly any size, using our included, foolproof Virtual Bracelet Mandrel™.
AT A GLANCE:
- 15” Wide x 9” Tall x 3/4” Thick.
- Beautiful, Accurately Dimensioned, High Contrast, Laser-Etched Graphics.
- 4 Bracelet Rings: 7", 8", 9", and 10", in 1/4" increments.
- Three straight channels 7/8" apart, 13-3/8" (34 cm) long, in 1/8" increments.
- 8 variously sized/shaped, 1/2" deep pockets.
- V-Shaped grooves ensure centering of round beads.
- Material is Forest Friendly, Sustainable MDF.
- Weighs more than 2-1/2 pounds.
- Pocket Interiors are Gentle on beads.
- Rounded Edges everywhere.
- The Soft White Surface and Neutral Colored Pockets won’t distract from your design.
- Virtual Bracelet Mandrel™ chart included.
DESCRIPTION:
This unique, highly functional board is made with the same high quality materials, style, function, and beauty as our entire line of Acclaim Crafts beading boards. At 13" wide and 9" tall, it is more compact than our full-size boards, yet is wider and much heavier than those plastic, commercially available ones, so you’ll lessen the chance of scattering all of your hard work if you accidentally bump the work table. And our edges are nicely rounded everywhere, too, including the inside bottoms of the pockets, which makes it comfortable to work with and easy to get small beads out of the corners. It has four of the most popular sized circles for laying out memory wire, stretchy, or conventional bracelets from 7" up to 10", accurately marked in 1/4" increments, plus three straight channels at 13-3/8" (34 cm) long in 1/8" increments (and in metric), for laying out longer pieces, staging a wrap bracelet, or for checking your measurements. And there's enough room between these to fit 19 mm (3/4”) beads side-by-side! It has EIGHT variously sized pockets that are a generous 1/2" deep for holding all your beads and findings and, because we spend so much time at our workbenches, the board is beautiful, as well as functional.
FYI, the material that we use to make our beading boards, MDF, is made of pre-consumer residual woods from other projects, so no new trees are used. It is quite dimensionally stable, so less likely to deform than cheap plastic or even some grainy woods. They type we use comes with a durable, white Melamine top which helps when laying out subtle colors.
DESIGN CONCEPT:
At long last, a math-based, bracelet design method with unparalleled accuracy! Unlike necklaces, which are typically sized by length, bracelets are (or should be) sized relative to a wrist's circumference, i.e., the distance around it. But you absolutely cannot accurately size a bracelet without either having a mandrel for every possible size, or without taking the beads' sizes into consideration. But who's going to do all of that math?
We did! In addition to the board itself, you'll receive our Virtual Bracelet Mandrel™, a sizing chart designed to work exclusively with our PortaBracelet Board to minimize the frustration of trying to guess the finished size of your bracelets. Simply locate the largest bead size which makes up the majority of your design, anywhere from 1.5mm to 25mm, and follow that across to the desired wrist size column, sized from 4" to 9-3/4" in 1/4" increments. The chart will then tell you which Design Ring # to use and how long your wire will be. If your design calls for something longer, simply use the 3 channels for designs up to 13-1/2" (34 cm). Eliminate the guesswork and get it as close as possible the very first time!
METHOD:
Think of each Design Ring as a clock face, with the Ring's name at noon. Start at the top, and work clockwise until you reach the length indicated on the chart. Then add a bit for comfort and/or clasp. Easy!
Upgrade your beading experience, take your passion with you, no matter where you may ramble! Small enough to fit into a tote bag, but a serious beading board, designed for real work. Perfect for smaller spaces or for beading on the go, the PortaBracelet gives you the space to work in smaller spaces.
NOTE: Any beads, tools, supplies, etc., shown in photos or videos are not included.
Acclaim Crafts
Meet the Maker
Acclaim Crafts is owned and operated by hubby and wife, John and Laurie Walker, who call the Smoky Mountains home. We combine our creative thinking, skills, and passion to produce beautiful, useful things which we believe you and yours will love.
Shop Policies
Processing Time
- Even though we try to ship "same day," please allow up to 3 days to process your order to account for weekends, holidays, or unforeseen circumstances.
Return Policy
- No cancellations, returns, refunds, or exchanges once your package has been shipped.
Damaged or Stolen Shipments
- Your shipment is insured. If it has been damaged or if you suspect that it has been stolen, we suggest that you file a timely claim with the carrier, either in person or online. We DO NOT do this for you.
- DAMAGE: Be sure to take photos of the damaged package and product, keeping everything as long as necessary.
- LOST or STOLEN: If your package was delivered, but you or the carrier cannot find it, it may have been stolen. In this case, we suggest that you file a police report.
- For information on how to file a claim, please select from the appropriate links, below:
FAQs
- Can I save on shipping if I buy more than one item?
- Yes! First, you won't see any discount at check-out, but will receive it by way of a refund before we ship. Also, you must buy everything at the same time and ship to the same address.
- We calculate your refund by subtracting from what you paid what it actually costs to combine and ship your order in as few packages as is safely possible.
- Do you customize or personalize?
- The short answer is, "No, we do not."
- We do, however, listen to suggestions and will sometimes incorporate them into future designs if we feel that doing so would benefit a substantial number of beaders. Just drop us a convo!
- We are truly sorry if our current designs don't suit your needs or taste, and hope that you will return periodically to see if we have made anything new that will.
- Do you haggle, discount, or donate?
- In short, no.
- Why? Our offerings are painstakingly hand-crafted while being continuously inspected along the way. We are not a company as most folks would generally define one, but a semi-retired husband and wife team who works out of our basement. Considering what we charge, and after deducting production time, materials, and overhead - not to mention social media, photography, editing, equipment maintenance, telephone calls, etc. - we consider ourselves blessed when we manage to pull in even close to what we were paid by our previous employers.
- Why don't you bums offer free shipping?
- Just as we have no intention of insulting your intelligence by trying to convince you of the existence of Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, or the Easter Bunny, we'll not suggest to you that shipping is somehow magically "free." While some sellers raise their prices to present such a fantasy, we believe you will want us to keep prices as low as possible. Besides, if we hid the cost of shipping within our pricing, we'd have to charge the same shipping price to everyone, meaning that people who live close to us would have to pay more than is fair in order to subsidize those who live farther away. Here's a bit of wisdom for those who have never heard it: "There is no such thing as 'free.' "
- Do you ship internationally?
- Nope. We tried it for a while, but shipping charges were almost putting our dear, fellow beaders into cardiac arrest, and many would blame US! We try very hard to offer near wholesale prices, and surely don't want a reputation for being unfairly expensive. So, until our collective governments pull their heads out on fair trade, we have decided to discontinue international shipping for the foreseeable future.
- OMG, shipping is, like, SO expensive! Why don't you (x, y, or z)?
- We have done much research to ensure that our shipping is the fairest available anywhere which includes tracking and insurance. If you think you can do better, please let us know, specifically.
- The packaging we use come either from us or the USPS. We will use whichever gets your purchase to you the safest and at the least cost.
- For more info, please see our first FAQ, entitled "Can I save on shipping if I buy more than one item?"
- How do I care for my new board?
- The best thing to do to your board is nothing at all. Generally, if you're comfortable, so will your board be, i.e., not too hot, cold, humid, no defenestration, etc. The only caveat is that your board doesn't like to bathe or take showers, so don't get it wet. Maybe use a soft brush, or some spit-free air to blow out the divots. Look at it this way... Although we invest a great deal of time into making our boards serve as individual works of art, they're also tools. Dirt, scratches, nicks, etc., are badges of honor - signs of usage and (hopefully) prosperity. Just use the thing and display it with pride, no matter its condition.
- But, if you simply must keep it pristine, then have it framed and hang it on the wall; we'd be honored! :-)
- You're out of stock on X, and I'll simply DIE without it! When will you have more? WHEN???
- Short Answer: ASAP!
- Long Answer: ASAP! Generally, jewelry items are forever gone once they're gone. Our beading boards, however, will be replenished anywhere from within a few hours to several days, depending on which 90 hours each of us chooses to work that week. We're a small husband and wife shop, and do the best we can, so please be patient and don't hold it against us if we choose to sleep occasionally. If you convo us, we can give you a rough idea of when X will be back in stock. But, if you just can't wait, you might want to consider calling a shrink.
- Who sneezed on my board? (It snot what you think!)
- The darker-colored spots which you may find in the carved areas of your new board(s) are present in varying degrees from manufacturer to manufacturer and from lot to lot. With wood being a natural product, we expect these are bits of bark or knots that have been blended in with the wood pulp.
- We're honestly not trying to pass off flaws as features, but, rather than finding them unsightly, we think of them as "beauty marks," because each board can be uniquely identified by their quantity and placement, as on a living thing.
- We hope you appreciate our boards' raw individuality, versus our trying to hide their imperfections with paint or something. Besides, these markings are useful in beading groups to tell apart otherwise identical twins!
