How to Use a Crimping Tool for beading—an easy-to-learn course for you

Summary: One of those essential jewelry making supplies is crimping tool. When making jewelry, experts like to use them with iron space beads, crimp beads and crimp tubes. Therefore it is necessary to know how to use a crimping tool. Similar to some pliers, crimping tool has the function of finalizing the necklace making by rounding out the edges of the jewelry.

Date : Aug 14, 2012

One of those essential jewelry making supplies is crimping tool. When making jewelry, experts like to use them with iron space beads, crimp beads and crimp tubes. Therefore it is necessary to know how to use a crimping tool. Similar to some pliers, crimping tool has the function of finalizing the necklace making by rounding out the edges of the jewelry.

Then how to use a crimping tool for beading? Here we give the step by step guides for your reference.

Step 1 for How to use a crimping tool:

Prior to starting your beading project, add a crimp tube onto one end of the jewelry wire. Meanwhile never forget to leave an inch or so at the end of your jewelry. Then thread the jewelry wire through the small loop of a lobster, toggle, or other clasps which totally depends on your choice and no restrictions, and next back through the crimp tube.

Step 2 for How to use a crimping tool:

push the crimp tube up until to the loop of the clasp which is at the end of the jewelry, at the same time, please make sure that the wire will not be over tight, otherwise you might cause trouble when you want some movements on the wire.

Step 3 for How to use a crimping tool:

Get to use your crimping tool to hold the crimp tube in the “first slot” which locates the inner part of the crimping tool and far from the top. And then hold the crimping tool firmly until the crimp tube has the similar shape to letter C or number 8.

Step 4 for How to use a crimping tool:

Move the crimp tube to the outer slot which is very near the top part of the crimping tool. And press down the crimp tube into a tubular shape again (almost the same shape before crimping). Repeat again and again until to the other end of the jewelry. After installing the other part of the clasp, you need do some modification, like trimming off some excess wires.

Now your project is finished. After practicing the guides, you will completely understand how to use a crimping tool for beading, and the crimping methods will be mastered by yourself within some tries.

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