This is so much faster than doing it by hand with individual letter stamps. Comes out straight every time and equal spacing. The adjustment for auto spacing took a little time to get correct, I practiced on a piece of thin cardboard a few times before stamping on my metal blanks. The magnet shown in the description is not the one I received. It came with a small round magnet and another with a eye-bolt attached to the top. The index markings with pointer make it easy to get starting point same every time. The 4mm die is a little to large for anyone wanting to make dog tags that look like military issue, you would need to purchase smaller 3mm? if that is what you're stamping.