The Button Blog - American Button Machines — Button Making

American Button Machines is proud to announce the official launch of the web's most immediately responsive button making tips and advice resource: The Button Blog Discussion Forum. We launched The Button Blog a few months back as another vehicle, in addition to our main website, for providing tips, ideas, and information to customers and button enthusiasts everywhere. We are now taking the next step by creating an interactive site where users can ask questions, quickly find relevant information, and engage in lively discussion about buttons and button making. The Button Blog Discussion Forum allows for discussion that has Twitter-like efficiency,...

One question that we get asked a lot by potential customers and people who are just curious about button making is: "What is the difference between a button machine, a button maker, and a button press?" Well, I am afraid that the answer is quite complicated. In fact, it is so complicated that it will require all of one word, two syllables, and seven letters to explain: NOTHING! That's right. When someone talks about a button maker (unless they are referring to a person) and button machines or a button press, they are essentially talking about the same thing: a loadable,...

Now that we are smack-dab in the middle of the summer, this seems like as good a time as any to discuss a few summertime uses for buttons…and even a Fall back-to-school use or two. So what are some ways that button making especially useful during the summer? Summer Camp Do you help run a summer camp or know someone who does?  Do your kids attend summer camp?  If so, think about how useful a button machine and some pinback button supplies could be.  Whether for use as nametags for camp counselors, or as nametags for kids so the counselors...

Making buttons is an engaging and entertaining experience, made all the more enjoyable by the fact that you end up with useful products once you are done. Whether you are looking to fundraise for a cause you believe in, promote a campaign, or show support for a person, band, or team, buttons are a terrific solution.

Today, in the final installment of our four-part, weeklong lesson on the differences between American-made button machines and Chinese-made button machines, we are going to discuss the significant differences in manufacturing quality.