I bought this to deboss leather pieces about the size of a drink coaster. I created an acrylic die using my laser engraver, then used the press to deboss the leather. Perfect results, and it sure beats trying to juggle multiple clamps and get the pressure even across the coaster. It is very heavy duty and does what it is supposed to do. Seems easy enough to adjust the height of the plate as well, once I got the idea of much spring compression I needed.