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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Never thought I'd use it this much. Feb 09, 2010
By Shala Kerrigan
I originally got this punch for Christmas gift tags. I have a printables website and this is my second most used punch right after my Fiskars Hand Punch, 1/8" Circle. It goes through 2 layers of computer card stock and cuts cleanly. See the customer image I posted to see an example. It's very easy to use and the bottom has a clear cover that slides out easily so you can position your image.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 not happy Sep 12, 2010
By pw
I purchased two of these items and both of them broke within two days of each other. I was the only person using them and was not rough with them or anything. I was just trying to make circles on some not very heavy weight paper and the plastic just snapped in both of them and you can't fix them. I had one the same brand name and everything (not purchased from Amazon) and it made hundreds and hundreds of circles before it broke.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Uchida punches are the best Feb 21, 2009
By Craftylady
"Stamping Grandma"
The punches by Uchida are the best for cardmaking and scrapbiiking. The cuts are sharp - never any ragged edges. I love mine!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Punch-tastic Sep 28, 2011
By HTBK
I've made a few hundred cuts with this punch, and these are my observations:
PROS
+ Unlike some other brands of 2" punches, this punch creates circles that actually measure 2" across exactly. Some projects require accuracy, so this is a huge pro for me.
+ The super lever makes this punch easy to use, even when using it upside down (so you can place your circle perfectly).
+ The cutouts have clean edges (see the comment in con section for the exception to this).
+ There is a plastic cover on the bottom to catch your punches, and the cover easily slides open to allow retrieval of the punched piece.
CONS
- If you punch too close to the edge of your paper, you might not get a punched piece with perfectly clean edges. This is the only time I didn't get clean edges.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with my purchase. This punch is a winner.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 It IS a 2" punch, but Jan 12, 2012
By BitTwiddler
"OldSchoolGeek"
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I recycle thin cardboard and posterboard for my award ribbon business, and needed a 2" diameter circle punch. I own two larger EK Success ones, but. This one had more good things than bad and this is not a 'mainline size' that I need so I gave it a try.
Bottom does have the catch tray which would fill up fast. I promptly popped that off. It has very shallow 'teeth' angles compared to the bigger ones, but this is a little less diameter. It did not want to work smoothly so I ran it several times and it started to move without hitching.
To see to line up you do have to use it upside down. You cannot put it flat because of how the handle is so you will end up holding this one. I put my thumb across the bottom part below the metal bits, and first three fingers over the shiny spot on handle. When pushing, it will hang up on about the last third, a hesitation, then it finishes the punch. As it wears I expect it to start gumming and fuzzing there.
Lighter stock it gave a clean punch, some of the heavier stuff I also recycle (not that much thicker) it would not punch the last third, about where the punch pauses on the thinner stuff. And I held on with the pressure for a bit to see if it'd continue or not.
When punching, you may have to have the patience to give it a count of about one-one thousand to complete the punch, you don't have to use a ton of force, but you do have to be firm.
It will work, but I won't count on it for a run of a thousand, that's for sure. Because the handle pushes the cut teeth cup UP past the shear edge, not you push the shear edge down onto the cut teeth cup, it gives a less solid feel, and I expect the handle area to break with much use.
I can also insert stuff that is difficult to impossible to manipulate into place because of the bottom 'foot' flare. It's wide because that's how it is supposed to be used, which means you can't see what you are cutting if you have to line something up. If you have to use it bottom up to see what the line up is, it makes it awkward to position stuff.
I gave it three stars because a) it does cut 2" b) It will cut over 75% of the material I tend to punch c) it is just small enough in comparison to be handled and made work in that off position d) it did cut cleanly when the stock isn't too thick e) it did cut a 2" circle as advertised.
I don't like the flimsiness, that it is 'upside down' and I think it should be made as a flat push punch not a handle punch. 2" diameter is still a large punch, and needs more oomph than a handle lever provides. Plus it does like to pause 2/3 of the way through the cut. It will cut a moderate number of circles I believe, but. I hope I don't have to cut many or often with it.
***Update I have had it for several hours and tried to punch a few things with it.
Really thin slick stuff (like mylar surfaced and label paper/pages) it doesn't do well with.
20 and 24# paper is okay. LIGHT cardboard (such as ubake pizza boxes and sheet thin posterboard) it will do, but it likes to hang up in the last little bit. Anything thicker, it will hang up and refuse to finish cutting (removing and scissoring is NOT fun).
There are two cutting 'teeth' in the jaw, and they run side to side on the cutting circle. If they were top and bottom it would cut a LOT better and not hang up at the top/edge (end that says Marvy Uchida). I have looked at it a couple of times to see if I could take it apart and turn the cutting cup 90 degrees and I can't. It is BARELY doing what I need but I feel I did not get my money's worth on this one, and it's at 'if I had bought it in a store it would be on the counter tomorrow for a refund'. There has to be a better one out there, I so wish EK made a 2".
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