This press was pretty good in value for the price and for a beginner crafter. There have been some minor maintenance issues such as the push down lever metal strips and needs to be oiled to prevent the shavings, almost immediately after purchase. As pictured above the Heat/Time controller cracked from use and high pressure. Today, the controller cut off randomly while pressing and would not come back on. I have a electrician background and figured I'd take a look, all the internal parts seemed fine. I'm extremely disappointed that this item stopped working in only 13months.