Cheap Squeeze Punch (Large) In Your Choice Of Design

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This looked handy & fun so we thought we'd give it a try.

Bad choice.

The throat (distance you can punch from the edge of the paper) is only 1/8" -which complicates positioning since you have to trim one edge within +/1/16" before punching -so much for most of the advantage of positioning face up.

The mechanism is also not very sturdy, and jammed trying to do moderately heavy card stock. With some effort and perseverance, we got it unjammed again, but phooey.

The Paper Shapers punch we switched to is almost as easy to use punch-side up (though it wasn't made to be used that way), has a 3/4" throat (six times larger), for much, much easier positioning, and is much, much sturdier, going through the same piece of card stock with ease.

The squeeze design is a fun gimmick, and we wouldn't discourage you from trying one, but choose a pattern purely for play value and get something else for serious use.

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I used my punch for the third time -and the moving handle literally broke in my hands. I was not using a death grip; indeed, I have rather small hands without a strong grip. The handle broke off and is irreparable. Oy.

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I've owned many Fiskars products over the years. From scissors to tree trimmers. They have always been a quality brand.

This hole punch isn't quite with the rest of their products.

I would give it 3.5 if I could.

Overall the design is great. The "see where you are cutting" idea is ideal for the project I'm working on.

The downside is the cutting dies aren't exactly perfect to each other. When you squeeze it closed without anything it you can see small gaps and nicks in the outside circle. When you cut something out you see rough edges where these are.

In the big picture this isn't a big deal, but like I said it's disappointing coming from a company who specializes in cutting devices.

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I expected this punch to be able to cut through paper stock slightly thicker than normal paper. I have to SQEEEEZE! the flimsy plastic handles at least 5 times, then press my hand onto the round base against the desk to help the metal punch blade cut the heart shape through the paper stock. Definitely not ergonomic design for hands/wrists, blades obviously not very sharp.

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This cuts exactly 1.5". It moved a little off the circle when I squeezed and I had to adjust the circle a little before punching them. It took a little extra time to line up the punch with the sheet of paper that had the printed circles on it. It cuts the circle off completely, no rough edges, very nice.