Our Model 300 SX is semi-automatic button machine. Made of solid-steel, it can produce up to 5 professional-quality 3" buttons in a single minute!

If you've ever struggled to make buttons using one of the inexpensive Badge-A-Minit button machines, you're going to be in for a very pleasant surprise the first time you make buttons with our Model 300 SX.

That's because the Model 300 SX is both fast... and easy to use!

To make a button, using the Model 300 SX, simply place your artwork and button-making supplies into the machine, pull the handle down twice and in a matter of seconds your perfectly formed button is finished!

(To see just how easy it is to operate our Model 300 SX, click here ).

Never again will you need to settle for buttons that have paper or plastic sticking out the sides, or make excuses to your customers why their buttons fell apart because they weren't crimped together tightly in the first place!



The Model 300 SX makes four different types of buttons
The Model 300 SX is versatile and can make four different types of 3" buttons without using any adapters.

It makes pin-back buttons, magnet-back buttons, key chain buttons, and mirror-back buttons.


Creating artwork for your buttons
Just about any graphics application can be used to create the designs for your buttons, and you can print your designs using any ink jet or laser printer.

Special paper is NOT required... regular copy paper and ink jet paper will work just fine.


Photo buttons

If making photo buttons is of interest to you, you should know that one of the biggest differences between the Model 300 SX and either of the Badge-A-Minit 3" button machines is that the Model 300 SX can make professional quality photo buttons using photographic prints, like the ones you get from a photo lab.

Badge-A-Minit button machines don't work well with heavier photographic prints and to use them in one of their machines, you must cut the image to the face of the button, which then leaves the silver sides of the button showing.

And if you are not successful in"trapping" the photo in the middle of the button, your image will be off-center .

To make photo buttons with the Model 300 SX, you simply cut your photograph just as you would the artwork for any other type of button, insert the button parts, push down on the handle just a bit harder than you normally do and the result will be a perfectly formed photo button that has smooth, tightly crimped edges.


Make buttons anytime / anywhere
Since the Model 300 SX doesn't need electricity and is small enough to fit in a child's lunch box, you can take it along and make buttons wherever you happen to be.

It's great for carnivals, state fairs and trade shows.


Why button machines made of steel make better buttons than those made of plastic or aluminum
Unlike the inexpensive Badge-A-Minit machines that are made of plastic or a plastic-like compound, the Model 300 SX is made out of solid-steel.

And while it is obvious that steel is more durable than plastic or aluminum, button machines made of steel make better buttons.

Consider for a moment what must take place every time you make a button.

Quite simply, making a button involves the transfer of mechanical energy.

It begins as your arm pushes down on the handle of the button machine and then travels through the machine (and its dies or assembly rings) into the button parts, which are themselves made of steel. The button design and mylar covering must be pulled taut over the face of the button and the excess material of the design and mylar covering are tucked up underneath. The back of the button is then pressed into the front and the edge of the button MUST be tightly crimped if the button is to stay together.

Being made of solid-steel, the Model 300 SX is able to facilitate this transfer of mechanical energy far better than button machines made of plastic or aluminum.

This is why carpenters use hammers that are made of steel... not plastic or aluminum!

Buttons made with the Model 300 SX will have smooth, tightly crimped edges. They won't exhibit the poor-quality issues that are common to buttons made using plastic machines. Issues such as buttons having rough or serrated edges, or buttons that fall apart because the edges weren't tightly crimped)


Circle cutters
Since cutting the artwork for your buttons is an important part of the button-making process, a discussion about circle cutters will help you better understand the process of how buttons are made.

We currently offer two types of circle cutter... the AC-1 circle cutter and the Punch Cutter.

For most customers, I recommend the AC-1.

The AC-1 circle cutter does its cutting by means of a rotary blade that is safely housed inside the body of the cutter. The blade sits at the end of a cutting arm that is fully adjustable. It is this feature that allows the AC-1 to make the cuts for 1-inch buttons, all the way up to buttons measuring 3-1/2" inches in diameter.

To cut your artwork with the AC-1, simply place the metal cutting plate (that comes with the AC-1) on a table and place your artwork on top of the cutting plate. Position the AC-1 over your printed artwork, center it over your artwork, then push down and turn the handle to cut your artwork into a perfect circle.

The AC-1's rotary blade will stay sharper longer than any straight-edged cutting blade (such as the ones used in Badge-A-Minit's circle cutters). This allows you to make better cuts and cut thousands of design without having to change the blade.

It is also possible to re sharpen the AC-1's cutting blade. To re-sharpen it, simply remove the blade from its adjustment arm (it's held in place with a "C-clip") and run the edge of the blade over a whetstone, just as you would if you were sharpening a knife.

For customers who prefer not to resharpen their blades, replacement blades are only $5.00 each.


For more information about our punch cutter, click here.


30-Day Money-back Guarantee
If you try the Model 300 SX button machine, I'm certain you are going to love it!

That why I offer customers the opportunity to try the Model 300 SX for a full 30-days, without risk or obligation. If after using it, you aren't completely satisfied, simply return it to us for a full and immediate refund (less shipping).

If you purchase a button machine from Badge-A-Minit and then decide to return it because it doesn't meet your expectations, they will charge you a 10% restocking fee.

Yet, at Dr. Don's Buttons, we don't charge restocking fees... and we don't need to.

That's because customers who give our button machines a try seldom ever return them!

And hopefully this will lead you to wonder... if Badge-A-Minit's button machines are so good, why do they charge a restocking fee when we don't?

For instructions about how to make buttons using the Model 300 SX button machineand AC-1 circle cutter, click here.

Learn how to create a template for your buttons by clicking here.

For ideas on how to make money with the buttons you make, click here.

To see a short video clip of the Model 300 SX in action, just click here.

Return policy

The Model 300 SX comes with a 30-DAY, NO-RISK MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE, so if for any reason you aren't completely satisfied, you can return it for a full and immediate refund (less shipping charges).

And unlike Badge-A-Minit, who charge a 10% restocking fee should you decide to return one of their machines, at Dr. Don's Buttons we don't charge re-stocking fees!

And that might leave you to wonder... if the Badge-A-Minit machines are so good, why do they need to charge a re-stocking fee if Dr. Don's doesn't?

 The Model 300 SX is the perfect button machine for schools, churches, print shops, or for anyone who is looking to start or expand a profitable home-based business.

Order yours today!

click here to see a video of the Model 300 SX in action

• Model 300 SX button press
  
  
• AC-1 circle cutter
  
  
• The supplies to make 250 pin-back buttons
  
  
• A coupon you can use to have our graphics department create one (1) professional-quality button design for you, FREE of charge! And as an added bonus, when you redeem that coupon, you can have us print that design for you on our high-quality digital color laser printer. (the number of printed button images will equal the number of button sets you purchased with your button-making kit).
  
  
• Pack of 25 photo enhancement rings
  
  
• FREE Premium Button Design CD
  
  
• FREE copy of our Button Design Gradients Disc 1 CD
  
  
• FREE copy of our Button Design Gradients Disc 2 CD
  
  
• FREE stickers for the back of your buttons that we will personalize with the information you provide us... (just let us know what you want them to say)
  
  
• Limited Lifetime Warranty
  
  
• FREE UPS Ground shipping, within the continental U.S.
  

all this for only
$459.95

Making Great Looking Buttons is Easy with our Button Designs CDs

At Dr. Don's Buttons, we now offer 12 different Button Designs CDs to assist you in making buttons.

Our CDs cover a wide range of subject matter (education, religion, sports, politics, etc.) and they contain ready-made button designs, button design templates, and button design backgrounds.

With our button designs CDs, making great looking buttons is easy... if you don't have graphic design experience.

For more information about any of our button designs CDs, click here.

Additional pin-back button parts for
the Model 300 SX button machine:

*orders of 250 or more include a
FREE Button Design CD *

* * * * INSTRUCTIONS * * * *

For instructions about how to use theModel 300 SX
button machine and AC-1 circle cutter, click here.

Learn how to create a template for making 3" buttons with the Model 300 SX, click here.

The easiest way I know to make money making buttons is by making photo buttons. To learn how profitable making photo buttons can be, click here.

And for other money-making ideas, click here.

You don't need special software to design your own buttons. The software you may already have on your computer can probably do the job. For a discussion about button-making software, from a number of our customers who use Windows, click here.

At Dr. Don's Buttons we offer a 30-day MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE on every item you see listed on this page (except button designs on CD)

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