Wooden Bead Spinner

It is basically a bowl on a spindle. The spindle allows the bowl to spin. So, when you fill it with seed beads, you can spin it around.

Centrifugal force pushes the beads into a stream at the edges of the bowl. So, if you stick a piece of wire, or a long needle into these beads, then a steady stream of beads will flow up your wire/needle and thread.

You can use a bead spinner any time you want to thread a large quantity of seed beads.