button maker and pink case
Button Maker

AMT396 Button Maker

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Make/Model: American Button Machines 1.5″ Button Maker

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Location

black arrow pointing to pink case on shelfs packed with bins and supplies
The button makers lives in a heavy-duty pink case on the Art shelves
pink case with foam holding a steel button maker
The button maker lives in this heavy-duty pink plastic case.
button maker and pink case
Button Maker
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Use Notes

Materials for buttons are buy your own. Ace does not provide free buttons.
If the machine jams, DO NOT continue to try to use it or fix it on your own. Use the /asset tag to report the jam on Slack, and one of the trained folks will unjam it. Using metal tools to alter or “fix” it is the easiest path to ruining the machine. This machine costs over $300 to replace (including shipping).

pink case with foam holding a steel button maker
Metal button front on paper art blank. This shows how much of the “art” gets wrapped around the metal button fronts.

Metal part of the button maker marked 1
Part 1 of the button maker where all the button cover (front) parts go.
metal button maker with metal dome in one part
Part 1 of the button maker with the metal button cover inserted.
button maker with blue earth art
Part 1 of the button maker with paper art inserted over the metal button cover.
Blue world art with the plastic mylar cover in a button machine
Part 1 of the button maker with a metal cover, paper art and the plastic mylar clear cover added.
metal disks
The metal button covers have a dome side and a “bowl” side. Make sure to put the cover into the machine dome side up.
hand holding a stack of metal pieces
The metal covers can easily nest together. Make sure only one cover gets into the machine at a time to avoid Jams.
metal part of the button making machine
Part 2 of the machine where the pin-back goes
part of the button machine with more steel parts added
Part 2 of the machine with the metal pin back inserted. Make sure you put it in pin side down.

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