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Hello, from Texas. A new member with a line snap mystery. I was gifted 40+ leather cuff bracelets already cut to length and machine stitched with holes punched. The leather is 6 to 7 ounce-ish. I have line 20 and 24 snaps. I used the the 24 snaps on 4 bracelets but the big snap diameter is too big plus the snaps are very hard to snap or unsnap. The mystery is that several of the bracelets have been set with what looks to be line 20 snaps (same 6-7 ounce leather), they work great and have good smooth operation. and the posts inside caps and studs look as they should with a nice roll over to secure. The line 20 snaps I have don't have long enough post to set. I can't figure how they set them(the person who gave them to me is on their honeymoon and I don't to bother). I have been searching online for line 20 snaps with longer than 3/16 posts with no luck. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, getting a bit nervous these bracelets have been promised for a veterans PTSD benefit on the 9th of this month. A big thank you.

I had trouble locating dies for the Press-N Snap, snap setter for line 20 snaps. I thought I would save the rest of you the trouble. I found them at Wawak Sewing. http://www.Wawak.com Phone # 1-800-654-2235 Stock #PLR61. They work great!

Hi everyone I'm new to leatherworking, having taken a couple of classes, and I am ready to strike out on my own with a pile of scrap leather I picked up and some basic tools. For the types of projects I want to make (simple cases and envelopes to start) I need closures and so I've been looking into picking up some snaps. And that's pretty much where my confusion starts. I downloaded the Ohio Travel Bag catalog so that I could see a wider variety of snap types (versus Tandy which seems to only have a few) and that was great for an overview but I can't really tell what the differences are or what application the snaps would be used for. Does anyone know of a primer anywhere that explains these snap types? Segma snaps Glove snaps - are these the same as Segma snaps? Belt snaps - are these basically glove snaps, but heavier duty? Line 20 and Line 24 snaps - these seem to be better for applications that need a stronger hold, but overkill (and possibly even hazardous to thinner leather) on more delicate projects - is this right? Parallel spring snaps - I can see that these have two little wires inside the socket. Are these different from glove/belt/Segma snaps? Any others I am leaving out? Is it possible to get an assortment of different types and sizes of snaps so I can try them out without breaking the bank, or am I pretty much stuck with buying each type of snap separately? Any guidance you could offer would be very much appreciated! I really want to get the right hardware as I go forward with this hobby.