Charm bracelets

[ps_bond]

It's with great distaste I ask this...

Can anyone give me a rundown on the different commercial charm systems on the market, please? Dimensions, threads, that kind of thing.

I've been asked to make a custom bead and it'd be slightly useful to make sure it matches the bracelet it's destined for.

[enigma]

Peter, do you know which one the charm is for?
Pandora and Troll beads are the most common.

[ps_bond]

*Probably* Pandora, but I'd like to be sure of the differences between them too.

[enigma]

You could do with confirming with the customer as the hole size varies from 3.5mm to 5mm depending which bracelet it is for.
Pandora are 5mm if I recall correctly but Troll beads are 3.5mm.
Ive never made a threaded one, I didn't think they were threaded?

[mizgeorge]

I have to make a lot of charms for bracelet systems. The diameters below are actual, it's worth adding at least 0.2mm to let the charms move comfortably.
Troll 3.3mm
Pandora 4.25mm (this will pass over the threaded section)
Lovelinks 5mm
Lovelinks Petite 3.5mm
Chamilia 5mm

[ps_bond]

Thanks all; I confess I've been given a drawing of a thread form for Pandora - which bits are threaded? Do any of the others use threads, or is it only that one?

[enigma]

Interesting, I looked it up and apparently some of the genuine Pandora beads are threaded but not all :
http://www.morapandorablog.com/2013/...arm-is-a-fake/