My theory is that if you want jewelry that is perfectly uniform, you need to buy factory made Chinese jewelry, not artisan handmade jewelry.
The obvious problem for me was all those jump rings. Since I'm not able to solder them (not in my repertoire yet) I worried about the rings pulling apart. Granted, the piece would be work hardened by tumbling, but that's just never going to be as secure as soldered. Better yet, solid. It turned out well, but as a future design, I felt the need to solve the jump ring dilemma. I wondered if my 20 gauge sterling half hard wire would fit through the drill holes of the beads I wanted to use - some really nice vintage carved Sleeping Beauty turquoise. Luckily they did, so I created the basic form of the bracelet strung with the turquoise beads on a single 20 ga Argentium sterling wire, then made the wrappings around that single base wire using 24 gauge Argentium silver.