How To Use Crimp Tubes Tutorial

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  Step 1

  String beads onto your stringing wire. Then string the crimp tube and your clasp onto the wire, Take the wire back through the crimp tube.*Leave the wire attached to the wire spool so as to avoid your beads falling off and wasting wire.

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  Step 2

  Note the wire going through the clasp loop and then back through the Crimp Tube.

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  Step 3

  Push the crimp tube up towards the clasp making about a 2mm loop.*Don’t make the loop too tight or it will wear the wire out and inhibit movement of the clasp.

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  Step 4

  Holding the two wires separated in one hand, place your tube in the inner position and crimp it making a crease in the middle of the tube with one wire on each side of the crease.

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  Step 5

  Note the crease in the center of your crimp tube.

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  Step 6

  Place the crimp tube on it’s side in the outer position of your crimp tool and gently crimp down. When you do this the tube will fold at the crease.

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  Step 7

  Slide beads up towards the crimp tube over the wire tail to cover it.*It’s always best to string the wire tail through 2-3 beads at the end to keep the wire from sliding out of the crimp over time.

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  Step 8

  With one end finished, this is what your project will look like.

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  Step 9

  Repeat step 1 for the other clasp end.

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  Step 10

  Leaving a long (2-3 inch) wire tail, string 2-3 beads over the wire tail.

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  Step 11

  Pull the tail wire, gently working it back and forth, to tighten the wire and bring the remaining beads close to the crimp tube.

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  Step 12

  Repeat Step 3

  Place your tube in the inner position and crimp it making a crease in the middle of the tube with one wire on each side of the crease.

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  Step 13

  Note the crease in the center of your flattened crimp tube.

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  Step 14

  Repeat Step 4
  Place the crimp tube on it’s side in the outer position of your crimp tool and gently crimp down. When you do this the tube will fold at the crease.

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  Step 15

  Trim tail wire.

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