Micro Crimping Pliers

For very fine beading work, like the kind you might do with seed beads or pearls, you may need to use very tiny crimp beads. If so, then you'll need special crimping pliers called Micro Crimpers. These crimpers are a smaller version of the original crimper tool, but they are scaled down in order to be used with 1mm crimp beads.

Of course, you may be asking why you would need to use 1mm crimp beads. The main reason would be that you are using thin beading wire that larger crimp beads would not work on. I found this new tool not to be much different from using the larger version as far as technique. The instructions are on the back of the package, and they are the same. (I also have crimping instructions posted as well.)

Now, the fact that the crimp beads I was using were much smaller than usual is where I found it a little harder to get the hang of. However, after a few practice tries, I managed to get the crimp closed properly. So, just as with the original version of this tool, expect to do a little practicing before finding results that you are happy with.

The Micro Crimper retails for under fifteen dollars. I got mine from Soft Flex who is a distributor of Eurotools, the manufacturer of these pliers. If you like to use the thinner beading wire, then you probably want to give these a try. However, I do not recommend using them as a replacement for the original sized crimper since they were designed to be used with the 1mm crimps.