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Noisebridge has a 1 inch button maker machine. A mysterious benefactor donated it. Thank you! If you know the donor, feel free to edit this page and attribute them. It's usually kept in the area where the 3D printers are. | |||
Noisebridge | [[File:Button_maker_and_supplies.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Noisebridge button maker on shelf]] | ||
== How to make button artwork == | == How to make button artwork == | ||
The artwork needs to be bigger than the button, because it wraps around the edge. The button diameter is 1 inch and the artwork needs to be 1.325 (one and three eights) inches in diameter. | The artwork needs to be bigger than the button, because it wraps around the edge. The button diameter is 1 inch and the artwork needs to be 1.325 (one and three eights) inches in diameter. The artwork can be cut out with scissors, or with an X-acto knife around a 1.325 inch diameter acrylic template, or with the laser cutter (if you've been safety trained). | ||
I often feel like my artwork doesn't look vibrant enough, so I like to print it on the big color Epson printer on photo paper. | |||
== How to use the button maker machine == | == How to use the button maker machine == | ||
Your button will be composed of 4 or 5 parts, from bottom to top: | |||
* plastic backing with pin | |||
* circle of cardboard to secure the pin from being wobbly -- OPTIONAL | |||
* metal cover (gives the button its shape) | |||
* artwork (printed on paper) | |||
* mylar cover | |||
[[File:Button_maker_supplies.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Noisebridge button maker supplies]] | [[File:Button_maker_supplies.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Noisebridge button maker supplies]] | ||
To make the button, follow the instructions written on the machine. | |||
First, slide the white bar of the button maker so that you can put things in the left chamber. | |||
In the chamber place: | |||
* metal cover | |||
* artwork -- if your artwork has an orientation, pay attention to how you orient it relative to the pin on the plastic backing in the next step. | |||
* mylar cover | |||
Slide the now-loaded left chamber into the press. Press the handle down to secure the artwork and mylar cover onto the metal. The materials will be in the top of the pressing chamber after pressing. | |||
In the right chamber place: | |||
* plastic backing (zig zag side of pin facing up) | |||
* cardboard circle -- OPTIONAL | |||
Slide the white bar of the button maker so that the right side is under the press. Press the handle down to secure the cover onto the pin backing. | |||
[[File:Button_maker_instructions.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Noisebridge button maker instructions written on machine]] | |||
== How to get more button making supplies == | == How to get more button making supplies == | ||
The last time more button making supplies was donated, it cost $87 for supplies for 2000 buttons: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M6V19AX | The last time more button making supplies was donated, it cost $87 for supplies for 2000 buttons: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M6V19AX | ||
The cardboard circles are 2cm in diameter, and they were cut by the laser cutter. | |||
Revision as of 20:53, 25 March 2018
Noisebridge has a 1 inch button maker machine. A mysterious benefactor donated it. Thank you! If you know the donor, feel free to edit this page and attribute them. It's usually kept in the area where the 3D printers are.
How to make button artwork
The artwork needs to be bigger than the button, because it wraps around the edge. The button diameter is 1 inch and the artwork needs to be 1.325 (one and three eights) inches in diameter. The artwork can be cut out with scissors, or with an X-acto knife around a 1.325 inch diameter acrylic template, or with the laser cutter (if you've been safety trained).
I often feel like my artwork doesn't look vibrant enough, so I like to print it on the big color Epson printer on photo paper.
How to use the button maker machine
Your button will be composed of 4 or 5 parts, from bottom to top:
- plastic backing with pin
- circle of cardboard to secure the pin from being wobbly -- OPTIONAL
- metal cover (gives the button its shape)
- artwork (printed on paper)
- mylar cover
To make the button, follow the instructions written on the machine.
First, slide the white bar of the button maker so that you can put things in the left chamber.
In the chamber place:
- metal cover
- artwork -- if your artwork has an orientation, pay attention to how you orient it relative to the pin on the plastic backing in the next step.
- mylar cover
Slide the now-loaded left chamber into the press. Press the handle down to secure the artwork and mylar cover onto the metal. The materials will be in the top of the pressing chamber after pressing.
In the right chamber place:
- plastic backing (zig zag side of pin facing up)
- cardboard circle -- OPTIONAL
Slide the white bar of the button maker so that the right side is under the press. Press the handle down to secure the cover onto the pin backing.
How to get more button making supplies
The last time more button making supplies was donated, it cost $87 for supplies for 2000 buttons: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M6V19AX
The cardboard circles are 2cm in diameter, and they were cut by the laser cutter.