The initial bends when trying to band wire together can be frustrating. I have tried every tool, hoping to find something that would accurately bend wire into two perfectly-placed right angle bends without marring it. Now there is a specialty tool made just for perfect double right angle bends — Beadalon Wire Banding Pliers!
I am a perfectionist in the jewelry I create, and the last thing I want to do is fight with the very beginning of the project and end up with scratched banding, or having the banding bend be just a little off. Not only is it frustrating, but the accuracy of the banding can make or break the entire piece.
This tool is very easy to use — now you can quickly create two right angle bends close together, so you can neatly band the remainder of your wires together. We have created the graphic tutorial below to help you to learn how to use these cool wire banding pliers.
Please visit our Design Gallery for 100’s of free jewelry projects / tutorials, but we apologize that as of 2015 during a site upgrade, the 2 wire wrapping projects projects below have retired.
Drusilla’s Bracelet of Submission by Amy Scalise
Square Rose Ring by Valorie Nygaard-Pouzar
Although Rings & Things no longer sells any banding pliers, we’ve kept this infographic for those of you who already own some and need a quick refresher:
Beadalon Wire Banding Pliers Graphic Tutorial
3 Comments
Thank you so much for this much need information. New to the wire bending and wrapping in jewelry design. This is a much needed tool for me.
Thank you.
It would be even better if they sold such a tool in their store while recommending it.
Hi Karen,
I’m sorry … we did sell it in 2013 when we made this blog, but we don’t any more. It just wasn’t a good seller for us, and so we discontinued it, even though it’s a good tool. I’ll update the article to note that it’s no longer available from us. (But I am pretty sure it is still being manufactured.) ~Polly