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 How to Use Crimping Pliers with Crimp Beads 

Instructions by Michelle Wood, Jewelry-Making Expert, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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  • Crimp beads 
  • Pliers, crimping 
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    Step 1
    Place the crimp tube into the second notch (crimping station) closest to the handles of the crimping pliers.
    Step 2
    Squeeze the handles of the pliers to compress the crimp tube. (The crimp tube should be a "V" shape.)
    Step 3
    Set the crimp in the first notch (rounding station) so it is standing up.
    Step 4


    Squeeze crimping pliers until the crimp bead forms a smaller tube.

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