[Jewelry making - Article 00468] - Re: [Orchid] Crimp question

[Kay]

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    Hi Beth:  I agree and I use SoftFlex too, though I do have some
    Beadalon and it has improved over the last year.  I think (and I
    said this in my original response) the more likely problem was that
    the original crimp bead was too large for the .014" wire, which was
    probably too small for such heavy beads. 

    I also make sure before stringing that the beads close to the clasp
    have holes large enough to allow the SoftFlex to go back through a
    second time.  Sometimes, it means testing a number of the beads you
    are using to find the ones that you can thread twice.  Amazing that
    it doesn't take that much bigger a hole to allow a second pass
    through.  If none of the beads I am working with does that, then I
    try first reaming the hole out of one of the beads (if that's
    possible) to allow a second pass through and barring that
    possibility, I simply select an alternate bead to use, as you
    suggest, to be part of the clasp area. But I would wager than the
    real problem here was an incorrect crimp size. K

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