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B Snyder
06-05-2007, 02:24 PM
One of my suppliers offers #2 3/8" grommets from 3 or 4 different manufacturers.
Are these grommets all shaped the same and usable with any grommet press that has #2 dies?
bob
06-05-2007, 03:07 PM
One of my suppliers offers #2 3/8" grommets from 3 or 4 different manufacturers.
Are these grommets all shaped the same and usable with any grommet press that has #2 dies?

Pretty much, it's supposed to be a standard independent of manufacturer. I always buy whatever might be on sale from whomever has the best deal of the moment and have never had a problem.
Matt Cuellar
06-05-2007, 04:18 PM
I haven't seen any differences between manufacturers...Normally will buy what's cheapest.


Matt
Todd M Castle
06-05-2007, 04:22 PM
Only thing that might be different will be the color and grade of material. I used to hate when you get copper ones off the truck to finish one you had half way done with silver. So I guess to sum up as long as they are the same color should not be a big deal.
juan45215
06-05-2007, 05:15 PM
I just had this problem. I bought my grommet machine brand new on ebay. They sent #2 grommets, but none of the #2 grommets from Fellers fit. I had to go back to the people I bought the machine from.

I pray that they never go out of business.
imaSIGNr
06-05-2007, 05:17 PM
Some are made for thicker materials, but a #2 should still fit your press.
Pro Image
06-05-2007, 05:58 PM
Some of them are made a little different to use in the snap lock grommet presses..........A standard #2 will not lock into my press............Ask me how I know............lol
juan45215
06-05-2007, 06:00 PM
Trust me. I took my machine to Fellers and we tried every grommet they had.
njsigns
06-05-2007, 06:51 PM
I was thinking of ordering this machine (http://cgi.ebay.com/2-US-Grommet-Machine-w-500sets-Grommets-NEW_W0QQitemZ200115153128QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3180QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) off of ebay. I'm hoping it isn't the one you're speaking of... Should I steer clear and just spend the extra $100 on a Stimpson?

Gene
bob
06-05-2007, 08:10 PM
I was thinking of ordering this machine (http://cgi.ebay.com/2-US-Grommet-Machine-w-500sets-Grommets-NEW_W0QQitemZ200115153128QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3180QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) off of ebay. I'm hoping it isn't the one you're speaking of... Should I steer clear and just spend the extra $100 on a Stimpson?

Gene

That model gives every appearance of a Chinese knock-off of a Fastsnap. Beware that some of these may have the dies mounted upside down so that the reeve is on the top and the grommet is on the bottom. It will work that way but you can't see what in hell you're doing if you're using self-piercing grommets, which any sane person uses.

Get a real machine, not an E-Bay pretend model of dubious ancestry.