RE: [GZG] Turnwheel Templates for Button Makers

Yeah.  I have some of those.  I would not recommend them for things like

foamcore.  The bits are generally not very sharp/precise and will rip
the 
edges to shreds. :)

J

John K. Lerchey
Assistant Director for Incident Response
Information Security Office
Carnegie Mellon University

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, andy wrote:

> There are a few drill bits I have seen for cutting circular holes in
> wood and plaster board.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gzg-l-bounces@lists.csua.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:gzg-l-bounces@lists.csua.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Han
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:41 AM
> To: gzg-l@lists.csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [GZG] Turnwheel Templates for Button Makers
>
> Oh, I've got several, but, as Roger pointed out, I quickly run into
the
> problem of 'too thick'.  (8-)
>
> I was just wondering if anybody had heard of hole punches being
> available
> that don't require an industrial press to use, for example.  Or, heck,
> just
> being able to buy pre-cut foamcore circles, as opposed to having to
buy
> the
> full sheet and going to town on it.
>
> That's one reason why I ended up going with buttons -- I built a set
of
> 50 bases in under three hours, including printing, figuring out how to
> make
> a button, and cutting them out of the paper.	I probably could have
gone
> even faster if I wasn't watching a football game at the time.  (8-)
>
> JGH
>
> John Lerchey wrote:
>> Hi Jerry,
>>
>> Go back to the craft store.	Buy a circle cutter. :)
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>> Hey everybody,
>>>
>>> Something else people were asking about at GZG-ECC and I just
> remembered
>>> to put it up as well:
>>>
>>> http://www.warpfish.com/jhan/ft/turnwheel.pdf
>>>
>>> These turning wheels are meant for bases or for little turning
guides
> for
>>>  FT.  They're designed for "Badge-A-Minit" button makers, but, with
a
>>> little scaling, could probably be used for other button makers as
> well --
>>> or just cut'em out and glue them to your favourite circles of
> cardboard.
>>> (Which is a heck of a lot cheaper then buttons, if a tad more time
>>> consuming.	(8-) )
>>>
>>> Though, if anybody out there has figured out a way to cut out
> consistent
>>> circles out of cardboard or foamcore, and to do it quickly, I'd be
> much
>>> obliged if they'd share the idea.  (8-)  (i.e. something faster then
>>> tracing a template with a knife...)
>>>
>>> Thanks, JGH
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Jerry Han - jhan@warpfish.com - http://www.warpfish.com/jhan -
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>>
>>
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