Links for button makers:
How to make a button with a Tecre Button Maker - Video
How to make a Badge-A-Minit Button using a hobby kit - Video
Loads of videos on You Tube
Thinking of buying a button maker by The Button Guy - The independent expert!
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If you're thinking of buying a button maker, check out the button guy first!

There are a number of pitfalls when buying button makers or supplies but particularly with the original purchase of the button maker because you are putting all your eggs in that companies basket.

In most cases button parts ARE NOT interchangeable. You cannot buy a machine from Badge-A-Minit and put Tecre button parts in it, for example, and this goes right across the industry.

So before you buy, check the prices of the parts - not just the button maker. There are a flood of Chinese made button makers on the market and these not only have overpriced parts but the machines themselves have plastic parts and plastic bases. I have many of them in my shop for repairs! Be careful - There is no lifetime warranty on these machines!

Custom Button Orders:
Say it with a custom button! Button making is labor intensive and repetitive if you are producing larger quantities. (One person on average can make 1000 pin-back buttons in 8 hours.) So if you need 1000 buttons, you need a day. If you want 25,000 custom buttons, you need a month.

Sound like a lot? The answer can be to sub-contract your button making and there are a couple of options:

If you need short runs of buttons made FAST, check out PeoplePowerPress.org

If you need longer runs or bulk custom buttons check out
Critical Buttons

Activist Buttons:
People Power Press Made to order! Fast and Furious!

Ever thought about making buttons and raising awareness on your issue using a button maker? - Get advice on button making from the expert - Ask the Button Guy!

Useful Contact Info

Critical Buttons Button Making Hotline: 1-416-204-1984 (6 days from 11am to 5pm)

Button Maker Hotline in the US. 1-866-996-1984

Tecre parts and service in Toronto, Canada: 1-866-996-1984

Badge-A-Minit parts and supplies for Canadians: 1-866-996-1984

You can also visit the Button Making Emporium in Toronto Canada. The largest selection of Button Makers and Button Making Equipment in North America with button machines from all over the world based in Toronto, Canada. Visit the Button Making Emporium:

3095 Dundas St West, Toronto, Ontario, M6P 1Z9 1-416-204-1984 (6 days from 11am to 5pm)

In the Westend of Toronto in the Junction. Dundas West and Quebec Avenue.