Members Mattsbagger Posted February 18, 2017 Members Report Posted February 18, 2017 Those do look pretty cool. I'm a hobbiest mainly. Can they be had in smaller quantity and a one way snap (pull the dot I think it's called) style? Quote
Members imstephenjones Posted February 18, 2017 Members Report Posted February 18, 2017 3 hours ago, Mattsbagger said: Those do look pretty cool. I'm a hobbiest mainly. Can they be had in smaller quantity and a one way snap (pull the dot I think it's called) style? I order as large as 1,000 units and as little as 100 units. The cost is really great. I did work with a company last summer that we used a one way snap for. Heres where they can get spendy - the dies. They have two price points for dies. $70 and $140/ piece. So for snaps I believe it's a hefty investment. I do know what you can manually set these of you don't have the cash to buy the dies. What I do is pierce the material with the side that has the two prongs. I then use an awl to poke two small holes in the side without the prongs. Then I press that piece onto the prong piece and tap them down with a tooling tool and a hammer. This is is what I do for the jean buttons I get from them because I don't use them in large production runs. Just samples for clients so far. They are worth the investment, though. So it's great to start with and then buy the dies when you can afford them. Move even just punched a 1/16" or 1/8" hole (just like the other style snaps) and installed them the same way as mentioned above. You MAY need a business license to get an account with them. I'm not 100% sure. Let me know if you pursue that so I can provide better info in the future. Quote Cheers, Stephen Jones Black Anchor
Members HBAR Posted February 20, 2017 Members Report Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) I know you already have plenty of suggestions but... I would have just lined that top portion of the tote above the cut out or including just under the cut out. You could set the 3 snaps in the liner and then glue and stitch it to the rest. Nothing would show from the outside and would be cheap and easy to do. Edited February 20, 2017 by HBAR Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted February 20, 2017 Contributing Member Report Posted February 20, 2017 I've only ever needed to cover the base of a snap a couple of times. On those I glued the head of a rivet onto the base with the wee short stemmy bit fitting tightly into the centre hole of the snap's base Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
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