Tandy Leather Easy-to-Do Line 20 Snaps & Setter 3630-00

Easy to use

Tandy takes credit for Chinese quality

Bought to repair a poorly made leather belt. I wish the belt manufacture had used these snaps instead of the sorry ones. Pain in the......

My package came with great instructions. Also, there are YouTube videos describing how to use the tool and anvil. It works best on a hard surface (like a concrete floor, not a wood table). The tool alone is $7, so it's quite a bargain to get 10 steel fasteners and 10 brass fasteners for $3 more. I used a punch tool to create a hole in my leather strap. Then, I followed the instructions and installed the snap. It takes about a minute for each fastener (so 2 minutes for the entire snap).

The instructions were quite confusing. I had to go online to watch a tutorial to make sure I was using the right pieces together. In my first two attempts I squashed the rivet part. On the third try I decided to use small taps instead of hard hits and that did the trick, snaps fit together like a charm.

These are kind of small so make sure you read the details. They are great though and very easy to install. I broke one but that was because I didn't line it up right when I hit it with the hammer. Can put snaps where you figured you could always use one or repairs lost or broken snaps well.

Easy to use holds up well

Instead of paying twenty bucks for a leather bracelet at Saturday market, I made four of them using Goodwill leather belts, and this equipment. Spent fifteen bucks, and now I can make as many as I want. These worked great.

These snaps were easy to install using included anvil and setting tool. Instructions suggest using a wooden mallot but I used a regular hammer and didn't have any issues. Both nickel-plated and brass-plated snaps look nice (although a bit too shiny for my taste). They also work well: snap together easily and don't come undone on their own