Questions and Answers about
the Model 225 Button Machine
Q. Is the Model
225 an easy to operate?
A. It couldn't be easier!
To make buttons
with our Model 225, you simply place the button parts and artwork
into the machine, pull the handle down twice, and in a matter
of seconds you will have a perfectly made button. It's so simple,
most eight year olds can operate the Model 225!
Badge-A-Minit's
starter models have six different plastic assembly rings that
you must fiddle with each and every time you want to make a button.
And believe me, trying to make buttons with one of their machines
will be very frustrating!
Q. Your Model
225 is more expensive than Badge-A-Minit's starter kits. Is it
really worth the additional cost?
A. If you plan to make more than just
a few buttons at a time, the answer is definitely, "YES".
The Model 225 offers
many advantages over any of Badge-A-Minit's starter kits.
I've already mentioned
how easy it is to operate the Model 225. Another advantage is
that the Model 225 is made of solid steel and it's dies are virtually
indestructable. The plastic assembly rings that come with Badge-A-
Minit's starter kits can break in the middle of a job and if
you lose or misplace even one of those rings, you won't be able
to make buttons until you have replaced it.
Yet another advantage
with the Model 225 is it's blazing speed.
You'll be lucky
to ever make make 60 buttons an hour with a Badge-A- Minit starter
kit. (After all, how do you think they got their name?) But we
have lots of customers who are able to make 5 buttons a single
minute using the Model 225. (Click here
to read a real-life testimonial of one of those customers). Five
buttons a minute translates to 300 buttons an hour!
Let's look at it another way.
If you needed to
make 300 buttons with a Badge-A- Minit hand press (and were proficient
at using it), at the rate of 60 buttons an hour it would take
you at least 5 hours to make those 300 buttons (and that's assuming
you didn't have to re-do any defective buttons). But at 300 buttons
an hour, which the Model 225 is capable of, it would only take
an hour to complete those same 300 buttons!
Now, which button
machine do you really want?
Q. I have a Badge-A-Minit starter model and I've been having
a problem with it. The plastic just doesn't crimp properly. Quite
often it will end up sticking out the side of my buttons. What
is causing this?
A. One of the biggest complaints I had
back when I first started making buttons and was using a Badge-A-Minit
hand press, was the number of buttons that were ruined. Either
because the mylar disc (the plastic) didn't properly crimp and
or the button fell apart after being made. (When this happens
you are literally throwing money away, because once they have
been crimped, the shell and the plastic cannot be reused). This
is a problem you won't experience with the Model 225.
Q. What about making photo buttons with the Model 225?
A. Here's another area where the Model
225 really shines!
If you were to read
the instructions that come with any of the Badge-A-Minit machines,
you would find they suggest cutting your photograph to the size
of the "face" of the button prior to making the button
and not try to wrap the photo material around the button as you
do when making buttons with designs printed on paper.
Why?
Because Badge-A-
Minit machines can't generate the crimping power necessary to
tuck the thicker photo-weight paper around the button and press
it together.
But the Model 225
can!
Q. I understand
the Model 225 uses parts different parts than the Badge-A- Minit
2-1/4" button machines. If they are both 2-1/4" button
machines, why is that?
A. While Badge-A-Minit calls their button
machines 2-1/4", in reality they measure 2-3/8". (And
their 3" machines are actually 2-7/8"). The Model 225
uses button parts that are 2-1/4" and that is why the parts
of the two machines are not interchangeable.
At Dr.Don's Buttons,
we carry both 2-1/4" size parts and 2-3/8" (Badge a
Minit 2-1/4") size parts.