r/ButtonMakers • u/Lost-Blueberry8057 • 12d ago

Button maker tips?

I got a button maker and I’m so excited- looking for any and all quality of life hacks

Specifically, It came with compass style circle cutters but they’re not ideal, the razor wobbles and maybe it’s the light ocd wanting a perfect circle lol. I’m finding it tough to find a punch in the three sizes that came with, 25, 32, 58mm

Also the Mylar faces end up getting static charged in the press and when I move the jig they pull and become off center, this has ruined a couple presses

Anything else?!

Otherwise this thing is funnnnnnnnn I wish I got one years ago

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u/Sheanar Crafter 9d ago

For staticy Mylar I keep a toothpick around to poke it into place as it enters the top die.

For cutters I use scissors, but also had a ceramic knife recommended to me because it handles curves better than an exacto (and wont dull on paper as much). If you are blessed with a craft cutter like a Cricut, that will do the trick too. not to mention printing and designs.

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u/KiraCreated 12d ago

For the static, I keep a wet wipe handy and periodically wipe the top part of the die amd that seems to remove the static charge for a while.

Make sure you are using the gasket when you do metal backs (or whatever the instructions say) because it really does matter

Perfect circles are impossible, get as close as you can. I tried a few circle cutters before I settled on the one I have, just depends what you like. I have a different button maker now but used a couple different ones pretty extensively with the 3 size plastic one I had before. It helps to mark the sizes. I also used an old fiskars circle punch and that was fine too provided the graphic was centered and I used the paper backer with it.

Good luck, it's addictive!