[aisle] button maker

Thu Nov 17 15:51:56 CST 2022

I also have this one and LOVE IT!!!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016W3EMH0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Karyn Nadler, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Robert Crown School
Wauconda, IL 60084

Phone (847) 526-7100
Fax (847) 487-3596

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 3:39 PM J Chadwick via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
>
> 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]
>
>
>
>
> 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
>> 5437 West 64th Pl
>> Chicago, IL 60638
>> 773-535-2410
>> he | him | his
>> *Omnes mundum facimus*
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Amy Hamernick
>>>> Media Specialist
>>>> Apple Teacher
>>>> Century Jr. High
>>>> @AhamernickCJH
>>>> #CenturyWildcats
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "If we always do what we've always done,
>>>> we will get what we've always got."
>>>> ~Adam Urbanski~
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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]
>
> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
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