How To Choose the Correct Jewellery Making Pliers
You’ll have probably come across us mentioning crimp pliers, round nosed pliers, flat pliers, and straight pliers. But if you haven’t used these jewellery making pliers before, you probably won’t really understand the reasons for having separate jewellery making pliers.
Jewellery making pliers are used for:
These are used for crimping beads, which hold accent beads in their place on a wire. Crimp pliers are designed to make your crimp beads turn into a bead shaped ball, rather than just being flattened and squashed.
Beadsmith Round Nose Pliers with an Ergonomic Handle
These are used when shaping wire, jewellery findings or creating jump rings. Because of their rounded nose, you can wrap wire around it to make circular or spiral shapes.
These jewellery pliers are great for straightening wire, holding wire steady, or for creating a semicircle in your wire.
Beadsmith Flush Wire/Knot Cutter Up To 16 Gauge Soft Wire
Wire cutters are used to cut and trim wire lengths. Essential for cutting headpins and eyepins to the right length. Also essential if you want to experiment with the wrapped loop technique. Not suitable for cutting Memory Wire.
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