Whether
your goal is to make extra money, or just have fun making larger
buttons -- you won't find a better 3-1/2" button machine
than the Model 350 LS!
Making buttons
with the Model 350 LS is incredibly easy. Just take your
artwork, cut it to size, place the button parts into the machine,
pull the handle down twice, and in seconds your button is ready.
It really is
that easy to make buttons with the Model 350 LS!
(To see a short video, click here.)
Creating
artwork for your buttons
You
can use most any graphics program to create artwork for your
buttons, and then print it using any ink jet or laser printer.
You don't need special paper to make buttons... regular copy
paper or ink jet paper works just fine.
Make buttons anytime / anywhere
The Model 350 LS is portable and you can take it along
and make buttons wherever you happen to be. It doesn't need electricity
and it's small enough to fit in a child's lunch box.
Rugged dependability
Unlike
any of the button machines offered by Badge-A-Minit, the Model
350 LS is made of solid-steel. And for the purpose of making
buttons, steel is a far better material for making a button machine
than plastic or aluminum.
Why steel is better than plastic or aluminum
Consider for a
moment what takes place during the process of making a button.
When making a button, you are, quite simply, transfering mechanical
energy from your body, into the button machine's dies or assembly
rings, and into the button parts.
The button design and plastic covering must be pulled taut over
the face of the button and the excess tucked up underneath, in
much the same way that making a bed tucks the excess portion
of the sheets under the mattress. The back of the button is then pressed
into the front and the edge of the button must be crimped tightly
if there is any hope of the button staying together.
Since crimping
requires the button machine to actually bend the button parts
(which are themselves made of steel) steel dies, like those found
on the Model 350 LS, are able to facilitate this transfer
of mechanical energy far better than buton machines that are
madeof plastic or aluminum, can.
And that's why carpenters use hammers that are made of steel...
not plastic or aluminum.
With its steel
dies and solid steel construction, buttons made with the Model
350 LS have smooth, tightly crimped edges. They won't exhibit
the "poor quality" issues that are common to buttons
made using plastic button machines... issues like paper and plastic
sticking out the sides of the button, buttons with rough or serrated
edges, or buttons that fall apart after being made because the
edges weren't tightly crimped.)
The AC-1
circle cutter
Since cutting
the artwork for your buttons is an integral part of the button-making
process, a discussion about the circle cutter you will use is
important so you fully comprehend the process of how buttons
are made.
The AC-1 circle
cutter (that we offer with our Model 350 LS button-making
kits) does its cutting by means of a rotary cutting blade which
is housed safely inside the body of the cutter so you can't cut
anything you don't intend to.
That rotary blade is attached to a cutting arm that is fully
adjustable and this is why the AC-1 is able to make the cuts
for any size button, from a one-inch button all the way up to
buttons that are 3-1/2" in diameter.
To use the AC-1, you simply place the metal cutting plate (that
comes with the AC-1) on a table, place your artwork on top of
the cutting plate, position the AC-1 cutter over your artwork,
align it and then push down and turn the handle to cut your artwork
into a perfect circle.
Because the
AC-1's cutting blade is circular, it offers far more surface
area than straight-edged cutting blades do, which means that
the AC-1's cutting blade will stay sharper longer and needs to
be replaced less frequently than straight edged blades do.
30-Day Money-back Guarantee
Try the Model 350 LS for a full 30-days without risk
or obligation and if after using it, you aren't completely satisfied,
simply return it for a full and immediate refund (less shipping).
If you were to purchase a button machine
from Badge-A-Minit and decided to return it, they would charge
you a 10% restocking fee. But at Dr. Don's Buttons, we don't
charge a restocking fee... and we don't need to. That's because
customers who try our button machines seldom ever return them!
And hopefully
this might lead you to wonder... if Badge-A-Minit's button machines
are so good, why do they have to charge a restocking fee when
we don't?
To
learn how to create a template for making 3-1/2" buttons
with the Model 350 LS, click here.
Political
Button Templates - Series 1 CD 
Our Political
Button Templates CD was designed so anyone with a graphics
program that can open or import .jpg files can make great looking
political campaign buttons and student body election buttons.
Political Button Templates - Series 1 contains 174 great
looking political button templates... the very same templates we use to make political
campaign buttons for political candidates all over the Country!
And now we're making them available to you!
To learn more about Political Button Templates - Series 1,
click here.
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Button Design Gradients
- Disc One
Before telling you about this CD, first let me explain what gradients
are and why you would want to have a CD made up of button design
gradients.
Gradients are simply colored backgrounds that transisition from
light to dark. Visually, they can be very appealing. The use
of gradients can transform what might otherwise be a boring background
into something quite striking. At Dr. Don's Buttons, many of
the buttons we create for our customers incorporate gradients
in the design for this very reason.
Button Design Gradients - Disc One contains 101 button
design gradients, ready for use for making buttons in all the
following sizes"
1-inch,
1-1/4", 1-1/2", 1-3/4", BAM-size 2-1/4",
Std-size 2-1/4",
Std-size 3", BAM-size 3", and 3-1/2"
For more information
about Button Design Gradients - Disc One, click here.
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Button Design
Gradients - Disc Two
Our latest
gradients CD is called Button Design Gradients - Disc Two.
Button Design Gradients - Disc Two contains 101 more great-looking
button design gradients, ready for use for making buttons in
all the following sizes"
1-inch,
1-1/4", 1-1/2", 1-3/4", BAM-size 2-1/4",
Std-size 2-1/4",
Std-size 3", BAM-size 3", and 3-1/2"
For more information about
Button Design Gradients - Disc Two, click here.
