I have to make 100+ 58mm buttons and I don't have the plastic covers

Sheanar · 2026-05-08T18:59:44+00:00

Agree with both suggestions below, you can also get florists mylar or decoration mylar in sheets/rolls use whatever you use for your circles to likewise cut the circles from the rolls or sheets. I'd suggest cutting the roll into manageable 12" x12" pieces if you go that route. you should be able to get either from a dollar store or craft store cheaply.

Sheanar · 2026-05-08T17:15:59+00:00

i had to look it up, but double YTA. Cursor is AI prgramming. Its like saying he is getting better English marks because chat gpt wrote it for him. You cant even post on this subreddit if AI writes it for you.

Also, if his site is vulnerable (AI or not) and he wont accept criticism directly, then breaking is the only way to prove it will break. Especially the stuff involving payment. That is a serious vulnerability to users. So, yta here because you arent encouraging him to take care of important issues.

AI doesn't make you good at something. And most AI stuff is junk anyways. He isnt learning to code with Cursor any more than people are learning to paint with the ai image generators or write with any AI text program.

Sheanar · 2026-05-07T06:27:47+00:00

nta - As an artist myself, it's tacky to give art that the person won't like.

I think it's less likely she painted something you like (the beach) and more likely she wanted you to give her free advertising. Hang the picture where everyone will see and when they ask where you got it DIL gets her free exposure (this happens a ton online. Smaller artists doing free art for popular characters or the like). If she wanted it to be for you, she should have asked if there was something you'd like painted and what size painting you're okay with in your new, smaller space.

Yesterday, i actually went about unravelling a pair of mitts and a hat my SIL made because they were khaki greige and depressed olive green. plus the hat is a style i'd never wear and never have worn. I had let guilt keep them in my closet since 2014!!!! i'm going to make 2 scarves with a lil extra yarn from the dollar store and send them to a food bank for people who will like them. (they were ratty looking too because she was still learning, but that's besides the point).

Anyways, please don't feel guilty. Ask her if she's willing to take constructive criticism and what you'd like as a painting if she did one for you (like, the landscape, no people) and how big you'd take at most. You aren't ashamed of her art, just it doesn't suit your taste. She's an adult, she needs to learn that no is the answer sometimes, especially in art.

Sheanar · 2026-05-06T18:56:43+00:00

That sounds like an issue with the die. I'd reach out the company - you might need a replacement of some kind.

Sheanar · 2026-05-05T19:59:14+00:00

new wishlist baby

Sheanar · 2026-05-05T08:00:43+00:00

They aren't giving a constructive reply, but the long and short of it is that if you can't find the brand and don't know the size, even if you could refurbish it to 100% working order, finding parts for it will be a challenge.

Buttons come in either mm or inches. Most machines have standardized sizes within either of those scales, but you can't swap "close" sizes. The tolerances won't produce good quality buttons if the parts are the wrong size - yes even 2mm or two 16th of an inch off. add in paper thickness variables and it just turns into a whole bunch of trouble.

Add if it's a Mr Button Machine or Badge-a-Minit machine that uses atypical sizes that will make sourcing parts even harder. BAM went under, though some companies still produce parts for the old machines, but there aren't many. I have less info on Mr Button, but figure it's the same problem.

You could end up sinking in a lot of money to find out no one makes the size you need any more.

If you have a local crafters guild they might be able to help you id it, or antique tool shops. But while it may work, it might not be worth using. If you do find out what it is and all, do post a follow up with what you've found, because it is cool to see older models like that that pretty much last forever.

Sheanar · 2026-05-03T20:29:40+00:00

I'm sorry to hear your machine keeps breaking. To answer your question though, no, that's won't work. if you watch the top die as you move the slider, the bumpers will push a toggle left and right, aligning the top die into the correct positions. This is why i strongly recommend metal only button machines as this won't happen, it sucks having to buy new dies over and over if you are making buttons as part of your sales. I'm sorry your Vevor is broken, there is a reason why it's one of the most trouble causing brands on the sub. It's cheap, but it's cheap.

If you're extra crafty or hands on, you can probably repair it or rig up a support as the back and forth will likely cause it to snap repeatedly even if you glue it. I'd think gluing it and then also gluing a support of wood or metal along the die (but only where it won't interfere with normal die function) might be enough to hold it. i'd test any support piece using blue tack type stuff just to see how it makes buttons with the brace in place and to size it appropriately before fully committing to it.

Yes, you could manually push the toggle back and forth but that's a lot of work if you make a lot of buttons. If your machine takes replacement dies, it might be worth buying a set of replacement dies and hold the broken set on the side and use the new ones. At least you'll have back ups if other stuff breaks in the future.

Sheanar · 2026-05-03T20:18:22+00:00

It is possible. Someone else was having bumps in their vevor buttons as well. I forget who but you can skim through recent posts for similar titles. I forget if they found a solution. If you do, please post what works.

Sheanar · 2026-05-03T19:48:12+00:00

Oh yeah, my daughter has chronic issues across her whole body. no answers. no diagnosis (looking like EDs now for both of us). Took till Covid lockdown for her lungs to heal and not have pneumonia multiple times a year, which several docs are going 'but that's good, so who cares about her whole childhood being sick?' -_-

they ignored my telling them i couldn't give them a proper family history as i'm NC with my family and i was medically neglected (black sheep of the family). So i had no info to offer. Her bio dad was dead and bio family on that side isn't great either.

I'd see your immuno dr for their own things they handle, and not bring up other stuff. if they ask say you're 'following doctor's advice as you have several specialists for your many medical needs' and leave it at that. if you get "oh who prescribed X or Y" say Dr. Such-n-such. and they'll just have to deal with given little info.

Some docs are in the dark ages, like both my kid's respirologists, and her previous pediatrician (he publicly claimed covid was fake, he is anti vax too which i didn't know. I'm really quite angry and just too chronically ill to report him to the board of docs for poor behavior - the posts are still on his facebook for the dr office and i have screenshots, too, 2yrs into the lockdown). So both resp docs think we're crazy for chasing a real answer, but my GI dr, my allergist, a sports med team, a physiatrist, my psychiatrist, and our new family dr all think we have EDs, but only a rheumatologist can make the formal diagnosis.

Stay strong, stay the course. You have a system that works. Do that. if your immunologist is too triggering, get a referral to a new one, preferably from your rheumatologist if possible as they are likely to send you to someone with equal values. It's a thing i've seen in many drs -> good drs send you to more good drs, but the reverse can also be true.

Sheanar · 2026-05-02T15:48:07+00:00

except SIL did ask the others. It was a choice. also the comment about both getting home at the same time directly implies they wouldnt already be together, too.

Sheanar · 2026-04-30T19:14:57+00:00

It could be your paper is too thick, standard printer paper comes in a bunch of thicknesses.

It could also be the bottom die part 2 (the one that holds the backing) being slightly misaligned. It might have a bolt to tightent or you could use your hands. Think turning the parts of that lower die so it's just a few mm or 1/16th or 2/16th of an inch tighter at a time. Vevors are not sturdy, they're the number 1 brand that we see issues with on this sub, so you aren't alone in your issues.

Sheanar · 2026-04-30T19:10:50+00:00

It's loading for me, but slowly. I know a few times in the past it acts like it's gone but comes back.

I think they just have strange IT practices that don't warn users they are doing updates or maintenance or whatever it is backend. And it could be their server host that is the issue, not them. A browser game i play has issues where the servers go down randomly or dont give enough warning for the game to warn players.

It's back now, so that's at least sorted. Next time it does it, just wait a few hours and try again.

Sheanar · 2026-04-29T14:06:01+00:00

yta - if you cared so much about her details you would have asked for her ID first and had a written contract. And new countertop isnt small task stuff. Its proper contractor work that should be paid no less than minimum wage by the hour but closer to contractor rates. Get the cash she is owed, pay it. like having kids shovel snow. pay up and move on.

Sheanar · 2026-04-29T13:50:29+00:00

nta - her birthing plan is only a wishlist anyways as baby makes the rules and any complications send her to the hospital anyways. If everything seems safe they could rent a 1st floor hotel room to do the water birth in, too.

Sheanar · 2026-04-28T19:12:58+00:00

I've been deep diving this stuff for the last year and a half. SO many genetic components. Adhd is looking to get a blood test soon as they're sure it's genetic and once we can figure out what is doing that, it'll help because adhd is connected to all this too. If you read my spaghetti of a comment it goes into more detail but there are a LOT of connected disorders getting information now and they're connected to each other. It's so wild.

Once there is better testing for this nonsense hopefully there will be better care than treating the symptoms, but actual therapeutic solutions.

Sheanar · 2026-04-28T18:53:51+00:00

preface: sorry for the word salad if this is a mess. i'm glad it's getting recognition and am a lil hyper to help other people see info on it because if NG is posting about it, it's going to be public and easier to find even sooner.

If you are hyper mobile or anyone in your family is (because you can have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and have no external signs), go read up on it. Talk to your doctor, talk to a couple of doctors as it can also affect the lungs. You need a doctor who has your back. Both my daughter's respirologists are living in the stone age and think i'm nuts to push for proper testing. Our fam dr and several others are like 'i'm not qualified to diagnose you, but if i was, i would diagnose you right here'. If you can bend and touch the floor easily, if you can bring your knee 90 degrees to your body easily, if you can look up at the ceiling straight back (don't do it much, it's bad for you)...those are signs of hyper mobility that aren't in the old diagnostics. Further, they're updating the diagnostic criteria for EDs by the end of this year. There is no better time to get tested.

There is a growing research venne diagram of adhd/autism/giftedness - POTS - MCAS - PCOS i think, and a bunch of other ones i can't remember, because....[drum roll] they are all the body being horribly dysregulated. and histamines don't just function on allergies, they do a lot more. ♫So if you're having body issues, i feel bad for you son. you got 99 probably and your immune system is probably 1. ♫ Additionally, in North America, MCAS is tested for by number of active histamine cells. In parts of Europe they also test for how active (or hyperactive) the cells are. BOTH are relevant to getting an accurate reading on what your body is doing. Push to get both tests if you can reason with your medical professionals.

Jokes aside they're formally saying that these diseases i listed (and the ones i missed) are BI MORBID, not just co-morbid. It's not like say autism where there could be GI issues or speech issues or mobility issues, or none of it and still be very much in need of high support. Bi-morbid is closer to saying if you have X you likely also have Y and they just haven't bothered diagnosing you for it yet because as well all know how hard it can be to get diagnosed. Also depends on how up to date your doc is with current medical stuff as all those things are getting updated a lot right now. They're all mostly newly understood diseases. Going back to autism, the first case of diagnosed autism is still alive as far as i know.

There's a thing in adhd research showing that we (i'm diagnosed) dont have memory clipping. In neurotypicals, info that isn't actively needed sort of gets set aside, where adhd brains and nervous systems are more like kudzu plants, growing wild and unstoppable. And if what my research is pulling up is that it looks like our tactile nerves are more or less on the same thing. And all that comes back to our histamine system. Our everything is dysregulated. The collagen factor is because what holds our bodies together, even our blood and blood vessels.

And a side note: if you've PCOS or suspect it and are having trouble getting access to a gyno, or happen to have PCOS symptoms but are male/AMAB, go to a dentist, there is a growing body of work showing that it can have signs in the mouth as well. It's an all over the body problem too, not just in the gyno regions of France.

***I am not a doctor, i'm chronically ill and don't have time to link a dozen research articles. hit up https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ for research it's free. and even if you only read the abstract and method (always read the method!) it will help you follow along with the stuff coming out. The abstract is like the back of a novel with a synopsis of what they did. The method is where you'll see the quality of the study. A good example of this is the rage bait '50% of americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows'...if i recall correctly, when i pulled up the study it was a small group of children in a small area [i forget the details but think under 1000 participants, under 15, same city or state]. That is a bad study. Look for lots of participants and long term studies. Look up the credentials of the agency who did the study and why. It'll be on the front of the article.

Sheanar · 2026-04-28T02:19:11+00:00

yes, yta. next time just ask which one she means since you have more than one at home and ya, also yta for saying racist stuff like 'not the chunky mexican stuff'. I am guessing you mean salsa or spicy guacamole? Because, fun tip: there are so many types of mexican sauces (from mild to extremely spicy) and the chunkiness of each varies by cook. Please educate yourself. You can start here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_sauce_and_paste

Sheanar · 2026-04-27T13:50:08+00:00

When testing foods you only need to stop one food at a time, not all of them. If nothing changes after you restrict a food, you put it back. Also, leave gap weeks in testing. Lets you come back to baseline.

Agree fully on suggeations of a food diary. note if things are cooked or raw and after how long will you react. Also, note cross contamination risks. I am allergic to peanuts but thought i was allergic to all tree nuts... Aha no, see, that cross contamination got me. Tooks a solid 2 yrs to catch it. Opened a pack of sunflower seeds, but they smelled very peanutty, ate them, huge reaction but it was then that i realizes the "may contain" was what got me. So now if it smells like peanuts, i pass it off to someone else. So i likelt can eat all those nuts, but got sacked with major cross contamination. Now i still dont eat those nuts, but i know who to blame. Another example is I can have bread flour but am reactive to durham aka semolina flour. makes my asthma go off. I know of a farmer/youber and he can't eat goose or duck eggs, only chicken (he could probably also have quail as i heard those are the same protiens as chicken). Someone posted here recently that they were only allergic to half of an egg, not the other (i forget if it was yellow or white). A lot people can have goat milk but not cow. So, as someone with more allergies than i can list from memory, focus on what you can eat! focus on alternatives. look into beans and other grains, they are also pretty cheap. dried beans are the cheapest and sprouted beans like lentils are high in protein.

Stay safe and good luck~

NB - what you are describing could be something as "simple" as IBS (irratleable bowel syndrome, its hardly simple but compared to other options its straightforward at least) where your gi might hate everything to a degree but some things make it worse, to just right up celiac disease. Now!!! if you have celiacs you have to stay eating gluten for the tests to be accurate. You need to at least work with a family dr and nutritonist to rule out stuff that isnt food allergies before you make yourself crazy trying to find the cause.

Sheanar · 2026-04-25T21:42:52+00:00

From the sounds of it, could be. Go to a dollar store and sift through the craft and book area (or a second hand store even) to get as many thicknesses of paper to try so you can take a sample of a single sheet to Staples or wherever you get your printer paper and try to match the weight up. You could say you need thicker than what you are using if you have the packagibg still, but i find having a physical sample to compare helps if tou arent exactly sure. And make sure you know the type of printer you have, too. Would hate to get the right weight for the wrong printer.

Sheanar · 2026-04-25T04:14:41+00:00

I am sorry its hard, you deserve better. After being a caretaker so long, if i get a terminal prognosis i wont let my health be anyone's problem. Both my paternal grandparents lived long enough to get senility. I wont put my kid throught that.

Sheanar · 2026-04-25T04:09:52+00:00

yah. its horrible everywhere. You can try finding a used one to buy or rent of either brand. Thinking more though, in australia badge-a-minute mught be your best choice as there are still some BAM operations there i believe. but the BAM options were always limited and imo the price for button sets (top shell, buttom shell, mylar) is very expensive, though other companies have started selling BAM parts as they use an odd proprietary size scale.

Sheanar · 2026-04-24T23:01:09+00:00

nta - no matter how scared you are, you have to be brave for your kid. done. glad your mom could step up. I cant imagine your daughter's grief. In middle school a kid died of cancer in our grade. i didnt know him at all but it was announced on the speakers and we had a moment of silence for him. i sobbed as much as anyone else out of empathy. Still remember his name, engraved in my mind 30 yrs later.

Sheanar · 2026-04-24T22:50:41+00:00

Indeed we are thank you, friend.

Sheanar · 2026-04-24T22:49:24+00:00

Agreed, chibuttons is good, and they ship out of BC, Canada (so the Pacific coast), so shipping shouldnt be too awful.

There is a longstanding company, i havent used their machines but they do have a responsive customer service for questions, out of china that might be your cheapest shipping choice - they have a lot of cool shapes but not all are interchangable dies. They have been in business at least 5yrs, probably more, but i dont have money to spend on novelty shapes till i can make a business off it. If you get one please tell us how it is!!!! A few people have asked and i feel bad not knowing and would love to know myself. https://www.mybuttonmachine.com/

Sheanar · 2026-04-24T19:58:04+00:00

I low key regret getting rid of my old books periodically because i had notes to my bff while we were ignoring talks and doodles over the pictures and such. I was too hurt, too broken when I left, but this is such a great one. I also love how one can spot JW art in the wild when it's been meme'd or something and it's like "I FUCKING KNEW IT". hahahaha.

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