that the end product doesn 39 t become ensnared with the operating mechanism of the curled ribbon machine and is only used as needed feed back sensors for the cutter 142 stapler 146 and anvil 160 serve to feed back the position of each cylinder to the plc via the lines 294 296 and 298 fig1 is a block diagram similar to fig1 but showing the functions that are not on the drum namely the card feed cylinder 224 the swing arm cylinder 230 and the card cutter cylinder 226 the solenoid valves 310 312 and 314 are controlled by the plc and serve to connect the compressed air to the cylinders 224 230 and 226 via the air hoses 316 318 and 320 respectively for providing the respective functions feedback for the positions of these respective cylinders are fed back to the plc through lines 322 324 and 326 respectively the plc likewise controls the on off and position of the motor via the motor driver 338 and encoder 340 each of the ribbons are provided with a break sensor 300 that is connected to the plc via the feed back line 302 what has been shown by this invention is different embodiments of a machine for making curled ribbon products say a multicolored multiple ribbons formed into a plurality of strands of curled ribbon either individually or by mass production the individual making is by a portable hand operated machine that includes a drum or reel for winding the ribbon and drawing it through a curling mechanism where the drum includes stations for attaching the ribbons to the drum stapling the ribbons and a card or other item together and cutting the ribbons to form the desired end product in the mass production machine.