A How-to: Using a Clamshell Bead Tip 

Glad this could help - you can check out our knotting with bead tips video if you need a more detailed video!

So glad this helped!

Thank you and thanks for watching!

You’re sweet, thank you.

So glad this could help! We also have a more detailed video on how to use these bead tips in a knotting video of ours listed in the link above in the description of this video. Just if you want to take another look at it :D Happy Beading!

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Welcome!

Thanks for watching!

Awesome!! Hope you had a good Halloween!!

@@fireflycarrboro thank you, hope you did, too! The necklace came out great

I’m using a smooth jaw, chain nose plier. I’m not sure what you mean by wire jewelry? Do you mean with a flexible cable wire? Or with actual bendable wire? If with the cable wire, I have seen this bead tip used.

Hi Heidi! We sell these on our website www.fireflycarrboro.com

You can get them at hobby lobby

Without seeing your beads, I can't say with 100% certainty, but if you're using nylon cording, you might have to use anywhere from a size 2 to a size 4 - I typically use Griffin Nylon cord.

I've seen people use these to cover crimp beads although I don't always recommend this method with a crimp bead as sometimes you can't get a great crimp and the wire can slide out. If you're going to be using crimp beads, I recommend using the wire guard and crimp cover method - you can check out checking out our A How-To: Feel Good Pop {Necklace Kit} video, I've attached the link below: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HKeqghz8NK4.html

@@fireflycarrboro thank you very much. I appreciate your help 🙏🏻

@@tomboytan33 of course! Happy Beading!

The one I use in the video is 3mm.

I've seen some people use these with crimps and something like a steel, cable wire string. But I don't recommend that. These are mostly to be used with silk or nylon cording.

Sometimes the clamshell does open up if pulled too hard. Just like jump rings, there’s always a possibility they’ll open over time.

Yeah that is one of the reasons I never like to use it. I wonder if there is another thing like it but more secure. Do you know of any?

I'm using a glue called Hypo Cement in this video.

@@fireflycarrboro Thank you for answering.😊

@@acharya2180 of course!

You can use it with cable wire and a crimp, although I don't always recommend that as the wire can slide out through the crimp bead and then out of the clamshell. However, I have seen jewelry finished that way.

@@fireflycarrboro thank you so much! This is so helpful 😍

I'm sorry! I know this video is a little fast - I will try and make a more detailed, real-time video in the next month or so. It might help to have a set of knotting tweezers or a beading awl to help with the process. I'll update soon! Thanks for your feedback :D

@@fireflycarrboro Great! Thank you!

@@eleanorpetracca6478 Hi Eleanor! I just uploaded an updated video teaching a knotting method. It also goes over how to use clamshell bead tips and is in "real" time. I hope this video will help! Let me know if you have any other questions.

@@fireflycarrboro I just watched it!! I have no more knotting problems. I have already tried the technique and it works great. Thank you very much for making the new video!!

@@eleanorpetracca6478 awesome!! Thanks for letting us know!

This video is hard to follow along to, yes. This is why in the description I say to take a look at one of my other videos on how to use a clamshell properly. Take a look at our knotting videos to see a slowed down version. Thanks