Step 1: Install Dies
The CSHAP-1 is used with the handle on top and the part with the opening and dies below. Most hand pliers will have the dies preinstalled. If yours is not, simply follow these instructions to install it. One piece of the die will have a head and a shaft, the other piece of the die will have just a head without a shaft. The die piece with the shaft slides into the bottom portion of the machine. The die piece with no shaft slides over the shaft on the top of the pliers.

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Step 2: Installing Grommets
There are two parts to a grommet. One part is the eyelet and the other part is the washer. The washer will lay in the bottom die with the rounded side down. The eyelet part that looks like a "top hat" should be pushed up onto the top die so that the large flat part is on the top and fits snug into the die. The smaller thinner part that actually pierces the material should be pointing down.

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Step 3: Seating Grommets
Once you have the grommet into the machine simply insert the material you would like to grommet; squeeze the handle slowly, firm and steadily. The grommet will pierce through and seat into the material and the material that was in the hole will fall out.

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