Jewelry Making Tools -- What a Beginner Needs to Know for Making Jewelry with Wire & Beads

The mandatory hand tools required are shown below.  You will not be successful in making jewelry without these four jewelry making hand tools.  You can find a flush cutter, round nose pliers and chain nose and bent chain nose tools in one of our beginners tool kits. 

Flush Cutter (for cutting wire)	Round Nose Pliers (for making loops)	Chain Nose or Bent Chain Nose Pliers (2) (for grasping, holding and bending wire)

The recommended jewelry making hand tools are the following:

• Nylon Jaw Pliers (for straightening wire and flattening wire components)
• Ruler (for measuring wire) (not shown)
• Step Jaw Pliers (for making loops with standard sizes)
• Chasing Hammer (for hardening wire components)
• Anvil or Bench Block (for hardening wire components)
• Cup Bur (for rounding the end/removing the burrs on cut wire)
• Loop Closing or Bent Closing Pliers (for closing loops)

Nylon Jaw Pliers	Step Jaw Pliers	Chasing Hammer	Anvil	Cup Bur	Ben Closing Pliers

Finally, as you can imagine, we recommend a WigJig jewelry making jig.  For making jewelry our best and most versatile jig is our WigJig Centaur.  We also recommend a selection of Super Pegs for the jig you choose and perhaps the Spiral Maker for the jig you choose.  If you choose the WigJig Centaur, the Super Pegs and Spiral Maker for the Delphi would be the appropriate set.  You can view more information on jewelry making jigs here.  You can view information on selecting a jig here.

Please visit this web page to view the specific jewelry making hand tools that we recommend. 

We have two kits for beginners.  Our Internet Starter Kit is for beginners who are comfortable with using the free information on our web site to learn how to make jewelry.  Select here to view our Internet Starter Kit.  Our Beginner's Kit is for people who are not as comfortable with the Internet and includes a book and a DVD.  Select here to view our Beginner's Kit.   

You can view all the jewelry making tools that we recommend here.

Please view our WigJig Brand hand tools for making jewelry here.

Finally, we have a higher resolution video on hand tools that you can view by selecting here.  There is a lower resolution video on the You Tube web site that downloads faster.  You can view that You Tube, lower resolution video by selecting here. 

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