OT: plastic ring binders

[N Cook]

I picked up a 300 page manual on the wrong side. The self weight of the
paper in freefall meant the spine unzipped leading to a cascade of loose
sheets.
a/ anyone know how to open up the spine, introduce the sheets and let it
roll up again , without access to a binder machine. ? Doing each tyne, one
by one, the self curve makes it want to break out of the punch holes and
straightening destroys the binding action.

b/ this spine was in proper working order but any old broken ones I come
across I will do the following as well as all thick/heavy manuals. Darning
needle and some cable-loom lacing cord/tape threaded through the pages,
looped a few times and knotted, when aligned with a couple of small
screwdrivers, repeated a few places down the spine. Then replace the spine
or a new one. Then it does not matter if the spine breaks or tries to unzip
itself


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[Allodoxaphobia]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:55 +0100, N Cook wrote:

I picked up a 300 page manual on the wrong side. The self weight of the
paper in freefall meant the spine unzipped leading to a cascade of loose
sheets.

For a one-off 'restore' like this, I'd simply employ a half dozen or
more tie wraps and move on with my life.

I repaired a 200-300 page cookbook for the First Wife that-a-way and
it is holding up well. (But, I did toss out the eggplant recipes...)

Jonesy
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[Michael Kennedy]

"Allodoxaphobia" <bit-bucket@config.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:55 +0100, N Cook wrote:
I picked up a 300 page manual on the wrong side. The self weight of the
paper in freefall meant the spine unzipped leading to a cascade of loose
sheets.

For a one-off 'restore' like this, I'd simply employ a half dozen or
more tie wraps and move on with my life.

I repaired a 200-300 page cookbook for the First Wife that-a-way and
it is holding up well. (But, I did toss out the eggplant recipes...)

Jonesy
--
Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux
38.24N 104.55W | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2
*** Killfiling google posts: <http://jonz.net/ng.htm

Zip ties are a great idea. I'll try that if i ever have one of these fall
apart.

 

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:55 +0100, "N Cook" <diverse8@gazeta.pl>
wrote:

I picked up a 300 page manual on the wrong side. The self weight of the
paper in freefall meant the spine unzipped leading to a cascade of loose
sheets.

It's called "plastic comb binding". 500 pages is the limit for
plastic comb binding. If you pickup anything over about 250 pages by
the backing, it will fall apart, especially if the cover and back are
heavy cardboard. That's why I prefer Velobind. That doesn't happen.
Someone makes very stiff plastic comb that does a better job with fat
binding but I couldn't find it.

a/ anyone know how to open up the spine, introduce the sheets and let it
roll up again , without access to a binder machine. ? Doing each tyne, one
by one, the self curve makes it want to break out of the punch holes and
straightening destroys the binding action.

If you use lots of these, you might consider buying a machine. Search
eBay for "comb binding machine". You can also find them at literally
every copy shop or print shop. If you buy one, make sure it can
handle 300 sheets. Some of the small ones will only do about 100.

b/ this spine was in proper working order but any old broken ones I come
across I will do the following as well as all thick/heavy manuals. Darning
needle and some cable-loom lacing cord/tape threaded through the pages,
looped a few times and knotted, when aligned with a couple of small
screwdrivers, repeated a few places down the spine. Then replace the spine
or a new one. Then it does not matter if the spine breaks or tries to unzip
itself

Well, if you insist on doing it by hand... find two boards or stiff
books that are the same size. Build a sandwitch with your 300 pages
in between. Wrap with big rubber bands, straps, bungi cord, belt, or
whatever it takes to keep everything in place. Align the holes. The
idea is to keep the pages and holes all aligned, thus freeing both
hands to uncurl the Velobind backing.

Next, find a stiff piece of metal, that will fit in one of the slots,
that can be used to guide curly backing strip into the holes. A
ground down kitchen knife should work. The rest is obvious and rather
tedious. Use the stiff metal blade to straighten the curly strip and
shove it PARTLY through the slot from the opposite side. I did a few
like this with some success. Then, I bought a machine.

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[Jim Adney]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:55 +0100 "N Cook" <diverse8@gazeta.pl>
wrote:

I picked up a 300 page manual on the wrong side. The self weight of the
paper in freefall meant the spine unzipped leading to a cascade of loose
sheets.

As others have said, there are various painful manual ways to do it,
but most copy shops have the binder and replacment comb binder spines,
and will do it for a price that should make you smile.

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Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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