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People Power Press FLEX1000 User Manual

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FLEX1000
BUT TO N MACH IN E
USE R MAN UAL
button machines • button parts • custom buttons

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  • Page 1 FLEX1000 BUT TO N MACH IN E USE R MAN UAL button machines • button parts • custom buttons...
  • Page 3 To make a button you will need: 1. Button Press 2. Die Table* 3. Pressing Die* 4. Positioning Ring* * You must use the size of each of these parts that corresponds to the size of button that you are making. Parts should fit together easily.
  • Page 4 PARTS OF THE BUTTON MAKER HANDLE PRESSING POST DIE TABLE CENTER POST BASE DIE TABLE (TOP VIEW) PICKUP DIE CRIMP DIE PRESSING DIE POSITIONING RING TOP VIEW TOP VIEW SIDE VIEW SIDE VIEW...
  • Page 5 Attach the Die Table to the Button Press: 1. To swap dies simply pull the pin out of the center post and remove the die table. 2. Replace the die table with the size you need by fitting the hole in the center of the table onto the post on base of the press.
  • Page 6 Using the Circle Cutter 1. Place your printed sheet of artwork on top of a cutting surface such as a cutting mat or board. 2. Center the corresponding size cutter on top your sheet of artwork and line up the blade with the edge of your printed artwork.
  • Page 7 Making a Button Before you start: Place the button maker in front of you, with the dies easily accessible, on a solid table so that the machine doesn’t shift. Make sure that the appropriate size of die table is secured onto the base.
  • Page 8 1. Setting up your button: 1a. Place a shell in the pickup die. The edge of the shell slots into the round channel in the pickup die. The shell should fit exactly into the slot. 1b. Add your pre prepared artwork over the shell. It should fit snugly in the available space.
  • Page 9 2. Press the button: FRONT VIEW: DIE SHOULD BE CENTERED UNDER PRESSING POST 2a. Swivel the die table so that the pick-up die moves to a position centered under the press. The die should be centered under the pressing post. 2b-2c.
  • Page 10 3. Set up the button back : 3a. Once the first press is complete remove the pressing die and flip it over. Remove the positioning ring from the left die and you will see your image pressed into the ring ready to move to the right hand die and to match up with the pin-back.
  • Page 11 3c. Place the positioning ring in the crimp die it should sit nicely like it did on the first press. 3d. Rotate the positioning ring so that the top of the artwork lines up with the pin-back.** **For best results, use the center pin of the die table to orient your artwork, if you point the top of your artwork and the top of your pin back towards this “center”...

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