The only thing that I've found the Roto Punch does well is make eyelets, but there are specific eyelet crimping tools that probably do just as good of a job.
The anvil and the hole punches are not perfectly aligned leaving a little bit of space. This is not such an issue in leather, but for fabric it's impossible to get a clean punch through. There's usually a little crescent from the start of a hole. And for the life of me I cannot get it to go through more than one piece of fabric at a time. I tried it on leather, just so I could give a well rounded review, and while I could get it to punch through a thin leather belt, I did not have the strength to get it through a thicker one.
Finally, the snaps, something I was looking forward to trying. Because of the the not quite flush line up of the two pieces of the snap press, the snaps just don't work. One side gets more squished than another which deforms the receiver hole making it impossible to snap it closed. If I press less hard, so that the snaps actually function, the backing is not completely pressed through and will fly off when you try to unsnap.
Maybe that's why they send you two on tv, because they know half of them suck. But I bought a single one here, and mine is a pretty big flop.
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I purchased this product on a whim when I saw it in the store. It's an "As seen on TV" product, however I don't have a television so I had never seen it before. It seemed like a fairly self explanatory item so I thought I'd give it a try. I always enjoy new crafty items to tinker around with and the products I have purchased in the past for fastening gromets have been a huge let down, so I was interested in seeing how the Roto Punch would fair against the past failures.I was thrilled with the results!
I used the Roto Punch on several items immediately, including a leather belt and leather dog collar. It worked beautifully, punching a new hole in the belt easily, and fixing the rough edges on the hole I had already hand made in the collar. The belt fits perfectly now and the collar looks brand new again!
The Roto Punch works exactly as it says it will, repairing damaged items and giving old, worn out items new life with a personalized touch! Admittedly, I have not tried the snaps with it yet. I don't have any clothing that have snaps and really have no use for snaps at this time. I'm more of a buttons and lacing kind of person and this product works very nicely for those purposes.
The one and ONLY thing it leaves me wanting for is refills for the gromets. It comes with a lot of eyelets (gromets), but it comes with several colors, leaving only a small number of each color. For repairs that is more than enough, but for craft purposes I could use an endless supply. If they sold just the eyelets separately, as refills, I would continually be purchasing more for many years to come. As it is now, I have to start looking for gromets of that same size from a different supplier.
Overall, it is a remarkably simple tool with delightful results. I would definitely recommend it to my arts and crafts friends!
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Overall this is a good product. I used it to punch a hole in my leather belt.I had to press really really hard.
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