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by **Chooky** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:31 am

I'm having a problem with stud snaps - they keep getting stuck in the die! So when i try to put a snap on the nappy the stud stays in the snap press, the fabric has a hole in it and the cap (spiky bit on the cap) has been squashed flat so I can't use it again. I'm wasting a lot of snaps and can't get nappies made

Has anyone come across this before - is it likely to be a problem with the die? My snap press is just a couple of months old, and was working fine last time i used it (a few weeks ago)

by **Lilly** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:19 pm

Are you snapping something different? The times that has happened to me it's been when I've snapped thicker fabrics and the pointy bit on the cap hasn't gone through properly - fixed by poking it through first. Don't know if that helps?

by **Amethyst** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:23 pm

mmm, my thought as well. How many layers are you snapping through??

by **Chooky** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:50 pm

Just 2 layers of flannel, I've tried snapping through the hole and the stud still doesn't come off.
The stud is really really stuck in there, I have to prise it out with a knife

by **Chooky** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:28 pm

Bump...

Does anyone have any ideas?? I can't finish these nappies and it's driving me craaaazyyyy

by **sassydot** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:12 pm

Have you tried oiling the die?

by **Chooky** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:17 pm

sassydot wrote:Have you tried oiling the die?

no - I will try that next. Thanks

by **LemonNZ** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:26 pm

I would try borrowing someone elses die to see. If it is only studs then to me it sounds like the die.

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