The General brand bushings we received are significantly thicker, stronger and have a higher quality feel than the ones which come with our Chinese bushing eyelet press (rough shaped press is almost not good) As we could not afford those soft, flimsy, too small eyelets that came with the press kit to fail and damage expensive stage fabrics, we ordered and installed more expensive traditional solid brass eyelets, the blister pack says 'made in India' and they handle loads well which we estimate to be 10lbs each, dead weight and probably twice the shear load of opening or closing the blinds at walking pace Eyelets in 12" centers sewn through 1/16" jute padding fabric onto two layers of ba rata. The eyelet holes were punched with a separate punch and Ham mer pre-punched through the layers. a machine that uses a hockey puck as an anvil to protect the sharp edge of the punch and the shop floor from damage.