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I finally pressed 500 pins without one crooked cut
I hit a milestone on Saturday and I still can't believe it. I was cutting out my batch of 500 cat pins for the Portland zine fest and every single circle came out clean, no jagged edges, no off-center cuts. I've been fighting with my 1 inch punch for like 3 months and it turns out my paper was just too thick for the blade, so I switched to 65 lb cardstock and everything clicked. The press ran smooth too, only 4 bad pins out of the whole batch. What gram paper do you all use for bigger runs like this?
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joseph_west596d ago
65 lb is the sweet spot for sure, anything heavier and my punch starts chewing up the edges too. For real big runs I bump up to 80 lb but only if I'm using a fresh blade, otherwise its a mess. Sounds like you got your setup dialed in now.
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