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Unread 07-10-2005, 18:57
Ian Curtis Ian Curtis is offline
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Re: Button making

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Originally Posted by Ians First Law of Button Making
Never ever ever, unless you plan to spend hours upon hours making buttons and generally torturing yourself, use the fully hand powered button maker. Get one that is at least semi-automatic.
Now I don't have the links right now but there isn't really a big difference (at least in my experience). One company makes the backs without their number on the back but for FIRST buttons, who cares? The size is done by diameter. I'm not sure of the model we use now but do not get this button maker. I'd say 1 in 10 buttons fell apart unless the person who was making them knew what they were doing (and that namely was pushing really hard and getting it lined up perfect). And even if you did it well a fair few still fell apart. And we had parents and students who slaved at least 10 hours making these buttons.
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