I just could not believe how nearly impossible it was to find something like this item. I am a teacher and in my classes we have a lot of projects that we do with LED lights and things like that and a hole punch is perfect for popping out holes for use with lights. Our handheld punches did not go far enough into the card stock or paper and the same was true for the larger desk models we have. So I came here to search...
A simple hole puncher should be so easy to find but most of the handheld ones I saw were limited to a 2 inch reach and punched shapes that were not circular. Come on companies: look at your competitors' products, create something better and hit a market that's not reached here. There are a half a dozen brands of the same looking puncher that's 2 inches, for goodness sakes, make a 4 inch reach with a 1/4 circular hole and you have the buyers all to yourself.
This was the closest thing I could find to what I needed. It's unfortunate that the designers of this product didn't include a 3rd size which is the typical 1/4" that's included on hand punchers. Luckily, the 3/16" hole that this creates fits my LEDs but if you're gonna go all out and make such a nice product, at least include the standard size hole option.
I took off one star for the lack of a 1/4" option and because the area on the bottom of the punch where the pieces of paper that are cut should be stored is wide open so they fall out all over the desk.
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BE WARNED - Poor quality material ruined an otherwise great idea for a useful tool!
By kren on November 19, 2017
It's very difficult to line up the eyelet so it hits the bottom/base square piece perfectly centered. If it doesn't, the eyelet is usually deformed when setting, but, worse yet, it damages the soft, poor-quality plastic that surrounds the metal center, leaving "pits" which the eyelets then catch on and become stuck to. This happened during the first project which required 24 3/16" eyelets and suffered several off-center "misses". Now, any eyelet not perfectly centered when hitting the base results in the eyelet stuck to the base. In addition, the smaller sized hole punch does not line up by quite a margin, impossible to use that punch. I gave the whole thing up in total frustration. This pitting problem could've have been completely avoided by making the base/bottom square all hardened metal rather than plastic, OR, at the very least, using a HARD plastic that doesn't damage/pit so easily. My husband is a Machinist, has been for 45 yrs, very familiar with metals and plastics, and said the plastic is total China crap and should've never been used in an application such as this. So, basically, if you're planning to use this tool alot, you better have perfect aim EVERY TIME, with a perfectly seated eyelet that will hit the bottom base ON CENTER EVERY TIME or you'll end up with an expensive, useless tool. I was SO excited to get this tool but ended up SO disappointed that a great idea for a very useful gadget was ruined by using poor quality materials! I will request a return and refund from the seller after only one use.
By kren on November 19, 2017
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