The crimper is a High Quality hand tool which forms a smooth unobtrusive crimp. It banishes forever the unsightly sharp edged crimp formed by conventional flattening methods. Used with "French" crimp beads or crimp tubes up to 3mm in diameter, it forms a finished crimp whose diameter is less than 2mm - smaller than the crimp itself. If desired, the finished crimp can be hidden in a clam type bead tip or slipped into a large hole bead.

At the last bead (A) - the jewelry wire or mono-filament (B) - is passed through the crimp bead or crimp tube (C) - through the clasp or jump ring (D) - back through the crimp (C) - and optionally back through the end bead (A).

In step 1, the crimp bead or tube is fully secured to the cord in the crimping station (E). Best results are obtained when the two wires are positioned on either side of the center dimple. In step 2, the final shaping is carried out in the final rounding station (F).

The small size of the formed crimp allows it to be hidden in a clam bead tip or inside a barrel type clasp. Here, the last bead is followed by the bead tip (or the clasp) and the crimp itself becomes the end of the piece. The stringing procedures is the same as before except a thin wire, such as a staple is temporarily used to place the clasp (D) and the assembly is fully drawn up before crimping. The use of the thin wire allows the loop at the end of the crimp to be made as small as possible.

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