To be honest, I really had been wanting to buy the table press, but my birthday money wouldn’t go far enough to buy any dies if I did, so I bought this handheld press, Dies for both hole cutting and installing fashion metal snaps, and of course the snaps themselves. The handheld press worked easily and perfectly. In fact, now that I’ve used it, I am not sure that I will have the need to upgrade to the table press. I am very pleased with this purchase.