Description
C.S. Osborne Upholstery Button Fabric Cutter
The C.S. Osborne Upholstery Button Fabric Cutter is a professional cutting tool designed to produce consistently sized circular fabric patches for covered furniture buttons.
Available in sizes 24, 30 and 36, the cutter is compatible with the C.S. Osborne W1 Button Covering Machine and W3 Pneumatic Button Press and can also be used independently by hand.
It is particularly suited to professional upholsterers, furniture manufacturers, headboard makers and restoration workshops producing fabric-covered upholstery buttons regularly.
Product Specification
- Brand: C.S. Osborne
- Product type: Upholstery button fabric cutter
- Available sizes: 24, 30 and 36
- Application: Cutting fabric patches for covered buttons
- Compatible machines: Osborne W1 and W3
- Manual use: Can also be used by hand
- Suitable for: Upholstery, furniture manufacture, headboards and restoration
- Cutter supplied: Individually
What Is an Upholstery Button Fabric Cutter?
An upholstery button fabric cutter is used to cut the circular piece of fabric required before producing a covered furniture button.
The cut material is positioned over a compatible button shell before being formed into the finished button using the correct button die.
A dedicated cutter helps produce repeatable fabric pieces for:
- Headboard buttons
- Sofa buttons
- Chair buttons
- Footstools
- Ottomans
- Upholstered bed panels
- Decorative furniture panels
- Deep-buttoned upholstery
- Furniture restoration
- Replacement covered buttons
Why Use a C.S. Osborne Fabric Cutter?
Consistent fabric preparation helps improve the quality of the finished covered button.
Using a purpose-made Osborne button cutter can help provide:
- Consistent fabric patch size
- Clean circular cutting
- Reduced variation between buttons
- Faster preparation for production work
- Better control of material around the button shell
- Improved repeatability across larger batches
This is especially useful where several identical covered buttons are visible together on the same piece of furniture.
Available Osborne Fabric Cutter Sizes
The current Livedale range includes three sizes.
Size 24 Osborne Fabric Cutter
Size 24 is suited to smaller covered upholstery buttons where a compact decorative detail is required.
Typical applications include:
- Chair backs
- Smaller headboard buttons
- Decorative furniture detailing
- Replacement buttons
- Furniture restoration
Size 30 Osborne Fabric Cutter
Size 30 is a versatile general-purpose upholstery button size.
It is particularly useful for:
- Headboards
- Sofa backs
- Chair backs
- Upholstered bed panels
- Decorative furniture
- Restoration work
Size 36 Osborne Fabric Cutter
Size 36 provides the fabric patch required for a larger, more visually prominent covered button.
Typical applications include:
- Deep-buttoned headboards
- Sofa backs
- Ottomans
- Footstools
- Large upholstered panels
- Feature furniture
Always match the cutter size to the corresponding Osborne button die and button components.
Compatible with the Osborne W1 Button Covering Machine
The cutter is compatible with the C.S. Osborne W1 Upholstery Button Press.
The W1 is a hand-operated professional button covering machine designed to be securely mounted to a workbench.
Livedale specifies the W1 as capable of producing approximately 80–120 covered buttons per hour, making the Osborne cutter and W1 press combination particularly useful for professional production work.
Compatible with the Osborne W3 Pneumatic Button Press
The cutter is also compatible with the C.S. Osborne W3 Pneumatic Button Press.
This makes the same cutter suitable for workshops already operating the Osborne W3 button-making system.
Compatibility across the W1 and W3 systems makes the cutter useful where Osborne tooling is already established within the workshop.
Osborne Fabric Cutter for Hand Use
The Osborne cutter can also be used independently by hand rather than exclusively with a button press.
This makes it useful for:
- Smaller workshops
- Furniture restoration
- Occasional button production
- Replacement button work
- Workshops without a dedicated Osborne press
A suitable cutting surface should always be used beneath the fabric.
Use with a Teflon Cutting Block
The Teflon Cutting Block provides a suitable sacrificial cutting surface for upholstery cutting tools.
Using an appropriate cutting block helps:
- Protect the cutter edge
- Reduce contact with hard workbench surfaces
- Support cleaner cutting
- Extend cutting-tool life
- Protect the workbench
Avoid using the cutter directly against hard metal or timber surfaces that may damage the cutting edge.
Osborne Fabric Cutter for Headboard Buttons
Headboards often require large numbers of matching fabric-covered buttons.
A consistent cutter is particularly useful when producing buttons for:
- Diamond-buttoned headboards
- Square button patterns
- Upholstered bedheads
- Decorative bed panels
- Feature wall panels
- Bespoke headboard designs
Accurately cut fabric patches help maintain a consistent appearance across the complete button layout.
Osborne Fabric Cutter for Deep-Buttoned Furniture
Covered buttons are also widely used throughout deep-buttoned furniture.
Suitable applications include:
- Sofa backs
- Armchairs
- Chesterfield-style furniture
- Footstools
- Ottomans
- Upholstered benches
- Decorative furniture panels
Consistent material preparation is especially useful where many buttons are required for the same item.
Use with Aluminium Button Shells
The fabric cut with the Osborne cutter can be used with compatible Aluminium Button Shells.
The aluminium shell forms the shape of the visible button beneath the upholstery fabric.
Livedale supplies aluminium shells in sizes including 24, 30 and 36, allowing the shell and Osborne cutter size to be matched.
Choosing the Correct Button Back
Different button backs suit different upholstery fixing methods.
Wire Backs
Button Wire Backs provide a metal loop for buttoning twine and traditional deep-buttoned furniture.
Prong Backs
Button Prong Backs use long mechanical prongs to secure covered buttons through suitable upholstery constructions.
Hook Backs
Hook Backs create covered buttons designed to hook onto a prepared twine loop.
Tape Backs
Tape Backs accept long and short button tapes for suitable cushion and bedding applications.
Browse Button Parts for shells, backs, washers and other upholstery button components.
Osborne Cutter Only or 2-Piece Die Set with Cutter?
Choose this Osborne Fabric Cutter Only where:
- An Osborne button die is already owned
- A replacement cutter is required
- An additional cutter is needed
- Only fabric-cutting tooling is required
Choose the C.S. Osborne 2-Piece Button Die Set & Fabric Cutter where both the button-forming die and matching cutter are required.
The combined set is available in the same core sizes of 24, 30 and 36.
Osborne Cutter or Standard Fabric Cutter?
Livedale also supplies a standard Fabric Cutter.
Choose the C.S. Osborne cutter where:
- Osborne W1 or W3 equipment is already in use
- Genuine C.S. Osborne tooling is preferred
- Matching Osborne button tooling is required
Choose the standard Fabric Cutter where a general-purpose upholstery button cutter better suits the existing workshop equipment.
Osborne Fabric Cutter for Furniture Restoration
The cutter is also useful when reproducing missing or damaged fabric-covered buttons.
Typical restoration applications include:
- Sofas
- Armchairs
- Headboards
- Ottomans
- Footstools
- Traditional furniture
- Decorative upholstered panels
Matching the original button size and fabric helps replacement buttons blend with the existing furniture.
Professional C.S. Osborne Buttoning Equipment
The Osborne Fabric Cutter is suitable for:
- Professional upholsterers
- Furniture manufacturers
- Headboard manufacturers
- Furniture restoration workshops
- Contract furniture businesses
- Bespoke furniture makers
- Soft furnishing manufacturers
- Upholstery production departments
For complete button-forming tooling, see the C.S. Osborne 2-Piece Button Die Set & Fabric Cutter.
For professional hand-operated button production, use the C.S. Osborne W1 Upholstery Button Press.
Use a Teflon Cutting Block to help protect cutting tools during manual use.
Browse Buttoning Tools for the wider range of presses, dies, cutters and professional upholstery buttoning equipment.
Registered trade customers receive preferential pricing. Log in to your account or register for a Livedale trade account.
For help choosing the correct cutter size or Osborne button-making equipment, contact Livedale
