{"id":7277,"date":"2015-01-09T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T16:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=7277"},"modified":"2015-01-09T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T16:43:23","slug":"friday-findings-one-step-crimper-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/09\/friday-findings-one-step-crimper-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Findings-One Step Crimper Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the hubs got me a\u00a0<em>bunch<\/em> of tools for Christmas. He did well, out of nine things, only one was something I already had. I&#8217;ve returned\u00a0that and gotten\u00a0the One Step Looper, so I&#8217;ll be doing a review of that next week. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>But for today, the <a title=\"Bead Buddy One Step Crimper Tool\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0053ZJDOG\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0053ZJDOG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=secroforgapeo-20&amp;linkId=NVLXAJDFWOUM5F5O\" target=\"_blank\">One Step Crimper<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=secroforgapeo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0053ZJDOG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/friday-findings-one-step-crimper.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/friday-findings-one-step-crimper.jpg\" alt=\"friday findings one step crimper\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not always a fan of specialty tools that do only one thing that you could learn to do yourself with a bit of know-how and practice.<\/p>\n<p><em>They put me in mind of those As-Seen-On-TV\u00a0promos that make it seem like separating an egg is a near impossible task. I always make fun of them, probably because I know of\u00a0three different ways to easily separate an egg, all without any tools besides your hands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But I digress.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the <a title=\"Bead Buddy One Step Crimper Tool\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0053ZJDOG\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0053ZJDOG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=secroforgapeo-20&amp;linkId=NVLXAJDFWOUM5F5O\" target=\"_blank\">One Step Crimper<\/a>. If you&#8217;ve watched many of my videos, you&#8217;ve seen me admit that I don&#8217;t have good success with traditional crimping pliers and usually just end up\u00a0squashing my crimps with pliers and covering them with crimp covers.<\/p>\n<p>So this tool may end up being the new favorite I didn&#8217;t know I needed. \ud83d\ude42 I found it very easy to use, right out of the box and made several perfect crimps with crimp beads.<\/p>\n<p>In the video I give you more details of what to use and how to use it.\u00a0I hope you find this review\/tutorial helpful!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the video and happy creating.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MxtGTlWufcg\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the\u00a0<a title=\"Friday Findings-One Step Crimper Product Review\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/MxtGTlWufcg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Friday Findings-One Step Crimper Product Review<\/strong><\/a> video over at YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the hubs got me a\u00a0bunch of tools for Christmas. 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