Did anyone ever use Badge-a-Minit or Tecre pin-back button/badge-making machines?

Question

What company would you reccomend?
How fast could you make buttons?
What type of paper-cutter did you use? would you recomend?

Answer 1

I can't recommend any particular one but
http://www.americanbuttonmachines.com/index_overture.html?OVRAW=pinback%20button%20machines%20retail&OVKEY=button%20machine&OVMTC=advanced
shows the various brands and sells them
and they have a video/pictorial at
http://www.americanbuttonmachines.com/How_to_make_a_button.html
Hereis another site that sells them
http://www.buybuttonparts.com/shop/index.php

Answer 2

I've used a badge-a-minit machine. We had problems getting the crimping to work well on the edge. We could make a badge in a minute once we had the picture printed.

The cheap 29.95 machine was supposedly a low quality one. You need a higher-quality machine to do a good job. I think these run at least $250, though. I'd want to see the machine and try to make a dozen or 2 dozen badges before I committed to buying one. You'll pay for the supplies, of course, but that's cheap insurance.

I don't know what brand name the paper cutter was.

Answer 3

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