Craft Lever Punch 1 inch DIY Handmade Circle Paper Punch (1 inch Circle Punch)

A little worried by some of the reviews but used this for exercises from Josie Lewis' book The New Color Mixing Companion (also highly recommended). If I was knit picky, I would say, the punch's box was a bit torn.

Perfect for my use.

The first two times, it worked fine. After the third use, the lever got loose and the metal head was stuck in position. DO NOT recommend. Will contact AMazon and see if the company Bira makes a similar item as the two punches I have from them seem to be well made.

Another great hole punch!

I was so mad when it jammed after 5 minutes of punching out paper, but my lovely husband oiled it for me. Works fine now.

This square punch is great for art projects and making embellishments for scrapbooking. Please make sure you read the size because the square punch is very small but small is what I needed for my projects. Very easy to use and no problem of the punch being stuck and can't get the paper out like some other punches that I have. Definitely would purchase their products again.

After about 20 punches the die started to stick in the down position, until I could not even get a thin sheet of paper to go into the punch. I took the main cover off and noted that although there are positions for four springs, only two were installed. Not sure if that's as intended or not, and obviously just two springs didn't provide enough upward force to raise the poorly-fitted die. The fix -- I polished the outside of the metal die with 400, then 800 grit sandpaper, and sprayed it with silicon lube. That made it fit and slide better and now it's worked fine through 100s of punches , despite only having two springs to lift it back up.

So easy and cuts good. Love it.