I've broken my fair share of beads on my Impress by trying to get the flares as tight as possible. I read somewhere to not flare the edges with the Impress all the way down tight - take them off just before that point and hammer the flares the rest of the way down with a little rawhide mallet (I got mine at Rio Grande I think). I thought the mallet would damage the glass but it doesn't. This method works pretty well for me.
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Christina - CCGlassArt
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