How To Use Button Maker

Our Button Makers are available. Please sanitize after utilize. Cleaning equipment will be provided to yous.

Pricing and Policies

Where are the button makers?

The push makers are in the Scholar Studio, beyond from the library's front doors.

What tin can I make?

You can make 1", two.25", and iii" buttons, as well as 1" magnets, using materials available for purchase at the Circulation desk. You can likewise make keychains, attachment pulls, ornaments, jewelry, and more if you bring your own supplies – see "I'm making a lot of buttons." beneath.

How much does information technology toll?

We charge fifty¢ for a bag containing the materials to make i button/magnet. When you are done, please return your empty plastic bag to the container on the table then that nosotros can reuse it.

How do I pay?

Yous can pay for materials at the Circulation desk using CatCash, regular cash, and checks.

I'm making a lot of buttons. Is at that place a cheaper option?

Y'all are welcome to purchase your ain supplies and bring them in. The cost per button will be significantly lower. Here's where we recommend buying supplies for:
1" Button Maker Pinback buttons Everything Else
2.25" Button Maker Pinback buttons Everything Else
iii" Button Maker Pinback buttons Everything Else

How big are the buttons?

The push makers in the Scholar Studio can brand ane", 2.25", and 3" buttons. Your epitome needs to be slightly larger than the finished button size. The necessary image diameters are:

ane" --------- i.313"
2 ane/iv" ----- two.625"
3" ---------- 3.451"

How do I make sure my image is the right size?

Utilize our Give-and-take templates! We accept a 1" button template, a 2.25" button template, and a 3" button template to help you size your graphic. Just change the fill up in the circles to "Picture" and select your image. Not certain how to practice that? You lot can read this guide to learn how to fill up a Discussion shape with a pic. When placing your image, please note that the edges of the circle won't exist visible in the finished button.

What's a circumvolve punch?

A circle punch is a cut tool designed to let you efficiently cutting out appropriately sized circles for making into buttons/magnets.

Instructions

Pieces

In the bag:

button shell (metal piece without a pin in information technology)
mylar (round piece of clear plastic -- feel for it in the bag as information technology may be hard to encounter)
[2 ane/4" or 3"] pin-back (metal piece with a pivot in it)
[1"] collet (metal ring)
[ane"] pin (vaguely buckle shaped wire piece)

On the machine:

lower dies (circular metallic dies that can rotate back and forth)
- pick upward dice (shallow, on the left)
- crimp dice (deep, on the right)
upper die (circular metallic die on the pinnacle)
handle (the handle-shaped part)

Button Maker Steps

The shallow dice on the left side is the "choice upwards" dice. Start identify a button shell (abrupt edges down) in the dice, then identify your prototype on top of that, and finally put the mylar on top. Orient your image and then the elevation matches upwards with the black mark on the die, similar in this image.
The deeper dice on the right side is the "crimp" die. Place your pin-dorsum or collet (metal ring) in this die with the abrupt edges upwards. If y'all're using a pin-back, identify the pin forth an imaginary line between the ii blackness marks on the die. If you're using a collet, the orientation doesn't matter.
Rotate the dies clockwise until they end. The option upwards die will be at the back of the machine.
Pull the handle down towards you equally far equally it will go, then lift it up to its vertical position.
Rotate the dies counter-clockwise until the crimp die is at the back of the machine.
Bring the handle downwardly and upward again.
Rotate the dies dorsum to where they started and take out your push. If information technology's a 2.25" or 3" push, you lot're done. If it's a one" push, either insert the magnet or wedge the pivot into the collet and rotate it until it is oriented correctly.

Tips

Don't use cardstock, textile, or other thick materials. Standard printer paper is best.
Only insert i sail at a time into the circle punch. Using multiple sheets at in one case tin harm the cutter.
If you're printing your push graphics, apply the button size templates to ensure your image is the right size for your button. The paper circle needs to be slightly larger than the button yous're making.
Trim your paper into a strip the width of the Circle Punch.If y'all arrange images vertically, you can feed a strip of paper through the dial for more than efficient cutting.
Double check that you only take i of each push making function. The button shells and the collets both like to nest together, and placing two into the button maker at once can harm the auto.
Exist conscientious! The circle punches take abrupt blades, and the button makers press downward with significant strength.
Please return your empty plastic bags to the Apportionment desk and so that we tin can reuse them!

For more than in-depth instructions, visit American Push button Machine's Learning Center.

1. Slide your graphic betwixt the top plates of the dial. Circle punch machine

2.Brand sure it'southward positioned the way you want it. Your image should fill up the unabridged circle in the top plate. (If there is a bit of a white border, that'due south okay.)

3. Push the handle downwardly as far as information technology will go. Run across the picture for the correct management – if it'due south very hard to push downwardly, you lot might be pushing in the wrong management. Circle punch with handle pressed down

four. Reach nether the car and poke your cute new circumvolve out from the lesser with your finger. The ane" circle punch has a small metal piece that yous push upwardly instead, since the hole is smaller. Removing graphic from circle punch machine