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How to Make Beaded Jewelery : Using a Bead Crimping Tool for Making Beaded Jewelry

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Uploaded by on Apr 27, 2007

How to use crimping tools for making beaded jewelry; get expert tips and advice on homemade jewelry making techniques in this free instructional video series.

Expert: Sonia Dameron
Contact: www.beadbarbead.com
Bio: Sonia Dameron has been designing and fabricating jewelry and teaching beading for over 20 years.
Filmmaker: Madison Paige

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  • You get different types of strands from Beadalon. You get it in the bead section in Michaels or your local arts and crafts store.

  • Does anyone know what kind of wire or thread she said she is using? I'm new to this.

  • I bet the nice finishing touch is the use of a crimp cover. I can't live without them. Not only do they cover the crimp, but it also takes up a little more space ensuring there is no slack or spacing when the piece of jelwery gets worn more than a few times.

  • The "nice finishing touch" is using a chainnose

    pliers on the place where the crimp tube comes

    together and squeezing it. This makes the

    joining even more secure. I learned this from

    someone in a bead store. If a crimping tool is

    not used, it is reasonably secure, but it can

    be rough. I hope this helps!

  • The "nice finishing touch" is probably using the

    chainnose pliers to tighten the place where the

    two ends of the crimp tube have come together.

    This makes the closure very secure. I was taught this at a bead store a while back. I

    hope this helps you.

  • Nicely done demo! A close-up of the crimp tool head would be nice.

  • I use crimp tubes too but I don't use a crimping tool. It doesn't look as nice, but it's just as secure...right?

  • I would have love to hear what the nice finishing touch is!!!! Nice demonstration! Thanks.

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