Press For Line 24 Snaps?

[cgleathercraft]

for these:

http://www.tandyleather.com/en-usd/home/department/hardware/snaps/1261-044.aspx

you want this one:

Die for Ring Snaps 20 Ligne/12.5mm (1/2")

It's what I use.

[TinkerTailor]

If you know someone with a drill press, You can drill a hole in the end of the arbor of THIS harbor freight arbor press that will fit the tandy hand dies, as well as drilling and tapping a setscrew hole to hold the die in. This is basically what the guy at Knifekits.com do. Those presses sometimes go on sale for 30-40 bux.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVyV3ZTVpqY Ian atkinsons mod video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=895pVicyZ0E another really cool video with some other ideas.

Plus, you also have a press for embossing and using clicker dies. Cant do that with the weak-sauce tandy crafttool handpress for $250 cad....

Edited March 18, 2015 by TinkerTailor

[MBMColo]

Thank you both so much! I will look in to both options

[Treed]

The one thing that has not been mentioned is the dies. If you are starting out and buying everything then the gold star might be the way to go. The problem with the Gold Star is that you have to use their dies with the press. The top dies are a screw in die where every one else use a straight shank die with a set screw. Where I had some Tandy dies already this press would not work.

[MBMColo]

Thank you, Bobby Rose! The press I am looking at comes with a set of dies, so I just need it to work with the line 20 Tandy snaps, as I don't already have any dies. This is really good to know for future reference though!

[Slow Learner]

I will vouch for Goldstar - very satisfied with their press and their die sets are the most reasonable I have found. https://goldstartool.com/

I have just purchased a Goldstar tool press and dies. I bought both the line 20 and 24 and out of the bag as they were intended to be used, they did not work but a combination of the two I found four dies from the eight that would do both the line 20 and 24 snaps. I want to try some of their dies for rivets and spots but a twenty bucks a pop I am a little reluctant with out some idea as to which to purchase. If you have had some experience with their other dies I would welcome the input.

[AllanD]

Slow Learner, I purchased the Gold Star press about the time you posted your question about rivet dies. I don't use a lot of rivets, but wasn't satisfied with setting them by hand. I don't remember which die came with my press, but I ended up having to buy another size to fit small to large rivets. I then had a 8mm die and a 9mm die. Recently I posted a question on solid brass hardware on this forum and with the excellent information I received, I have upgraded to solid brass rivets (from Tandy). They need a 10 mm die, so I bought one. Twenty bucks a pop is reasonable for me to install these correctly. I have wasted more than that in leather and the time I put into a project. So far they all work well. I don't have any ghost rings from the anvil or setter if not all lines up well.

[Slow Learner]

Looks like I will be ordering at least 1 10mm and probably 8 & 9mm rivet dies as well. My earlier post about the line 20 and 24 dies I was in correct it seems that I mistakenly ordered one of the wrong dies. I have since ordered the correct set and am very pleased with Goldstar tools. Thanks Allen for your post on the rivet dies. Big help.

[tnewberry]

Does anyone know if the Gold Star dies will fit the Tandy Hand Press? Thank you!

[biglew]

Does anyone know if the Gold Star dies will fit the Tandy Hand Press? Thank you!

nope

they do not