[aisle] button maker

[J Chadwick]

We purchased one of the 1" Morphon machines via Amazon about 5yrs ago in
order to make lots of mini-pins for the Lincoln Award program. It worked
relatively well until one day it just very suddenly... didn't. Finding
information on how to get it operational again was difficult (though,
again, this was ~5yrs ago) and only bought us another year of so-so
performance before it just... broke again, in a way no one seems able to
figure out, no matter how many times we take it apart and put it back
together. Also: the circle cutter that came with it was not great -- sort
of a pain to use *and* the circles it cut were ever-so-slightly too big for
the actual button maker, meaning we often ended up having to trim them by
hand (which, as I'm sure you can imagine, was sort of annoyingly
time-consuming).

Last year we borrowed an ABM maker from another department in our building
and it works so, so much better. They also had an ABM graphic punch machine
that made it significantly easier and faster to cut and prep the images.
(Honestly, I could have cried over how much simpler it was than the
previous cutter.) If you are able to get an American Button Machine (and
also one of their graphic punches), I'd absolutely recommend going for it.

Jessica Chadwick

she/her/hers

Instructional & Informational Specialist

Evanston Township HS East Library Staff

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On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 2:59 PM Toner, Timothy via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Agreed with the endorsement on the metal one, but you should know that to
> replace a 1.5" buttonmaker from American Button Machines, we purchased a
> button maker off of amazon, and it came with plastic pinbacks.  We soon
> learned that the button maker only worked with the plastic pinbacks, and
> that all the ones we had purchased were now useless.  I ended up convincing
> my admin to get another one from ABM, and have had zero problems.
>
> tt
>
> Timothy Toner
> Librarian
> John Hancock College Prep HS
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>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 2:52 PM Michelle Harris via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I bought this one
>> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016W3EMH0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1>
>> by Mophorn on Amazon and it's great!  I think as long as you get a sturdy
>> metal one, you'll be fine.  Just don't get a plastic one!
>>
>> Michelle Harris
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 1:24 PM Mrs. Hamernick via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Has anyone bought a button maker through Amazon? I wanted to purchase
>>> through American Button Machines, and I still can, but DO suggested I look
>>> at Amazon's options.
>>> Thoughts and advice are appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Amy Hamernick
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Jessica Chadwick

she/her/hers

Instructional & Informational Specialist

Evanston Township HS East Library Staff

Website 1: ETHS Library Resources Homepage
<https://sites.google.com/eths202.org/remote-library-resources/home> /
Twitter: @ETHSLibraries <https://twitter.com/ETHSLibraries>

Website 2: 2023 Lincoln Book Award Program @ETHS
<https://sites.google.com/eths202.org/2023-lincoln-award-eths/home>

*Currently Reading... *

*Firekeeper's Daughter* by Angeline Boulley

*Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir* by Erika L. Sánchez
[image: laptop reading]
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