ShopTalk Tools, Tips & Tricks ADVICE: Clever tips from marine fabricators Got a great idea? Share it with us! Email: erbernick@ifai.com These are submissions to the 2018 and 2019 Marine Fabricators Conference Tools, Tips and Tricks contest. TIP 1 Redesigned button die (2019 First-Place Don Racine Award winner) This tool is a redesigned version of the button die for the Hoover Pres-N-Snap Tool. The problem with the original is that the outside rubber ring gets in the way, and it's awkward to use. This new design incorporates a small rubber O-ring inside the die, which creates light pressure on the socket and makes it quick and easy to install. The tool makes installing snaps quicker and less difficult. This is a revolutionary new concept made by a small tool and die manufacturer in Wisconsin. -David Huntington, River Custom Canvas LLC To order: http://www.madmandc.com/product/snap-diefor-the-hoover-pres-n-snap/ +1 715 529 0680, Madman Design & Consulting TIP 2 Tool to roll up long strips (Second-place 2019 winner) This power tool is being used to roll up long strips of reinforcing facing. -Mike Peterson, SugarHouse Awning 52 Marine Fabricator | July/August 2019http://www.madmandc.com/product/snap-die