Button maker

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.

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.

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 make the button poofier -- OPTIONAL
• metal cover (gives the button its shape)
• artwork (printed on paper)
• mylar cover

Noisebridge button maker supplies

To make the button, follow the instructions written on the machine.

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

I think the cardboard circles are 2cm in diameter.