ONLINE SHOPPING — Other Tools — Stringing Tools — Crimp Forming Pliers

This is the essential tool for finishing off projects done on Beadalon or other nylon-coated cable stringing products with crimp tubes. The crimping pliers have two "stations" - one for crimping, and one for smoothing or re-shaping. First string your beadalon through your crimp tube, through your clasp, and back through your crimp tube, forming a loop through your clasp. When that loop is exactly the size you want (not too tight or the clasp can't move and not too loose or it's not pretty), crimp the tube with the first station - the one that looks like a kidney bean. Then simply turn the crimp tube ninety degrees and use the smoothing station to re-shape it so you have a beautiful finished piece. These pliers create a hold many times stronger than simply smashing your crimp with chain nose or flat nose pliers. These pliers are also used to build wire cages (see All Wired Up! for how to do that).

Crimp Forming Pliers are included in the Complete Toolkit!

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