Reddit mentions: The best heavy duty staplers

Congrats on the sail and good video as usual. I've lost track of how many projects I've done and I still sew stuff to itself on occassion so you shouldn't worry about that. A couple of tips you may or may not find helpful - to help feed the slick dacron on that LSZ-1 I like to tighten the pressure foot WAY down. The half way point like where you were is great as a general setting and I actually back it off a bit from there when doing webbing. Second, I think the easiest way to do your tapes (luff or leech) is with a stapler. For luff tape you need a stapler intended for a hundred sheets or more, not for the strength but so the underside of the tool clears to cords in the luff tape so the staples set correctly. It's infinitely easier than basting tape and ultimately cheaper. Staplers (big or little) are also really nice on sunbrella projects where the basting tape doesn't hold as well as it should. I almost always resort to one when doing something like the small circle on the top of a winch cover. Welcome to the wonderful world of marine canvas, I look forward to future projects.

Edit: Something like this for sails - https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0006HUPU2/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1480167018&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=large+capacity+stapler

>Each issue would cost around $5

I don't want to step on anyone's toes, but I just looked at the first issue...and it shouldn't cost anywhere near that much to get them printed. It looks like you want it to be 4/4 100lb gloss on the whole thing and you could get that printed for about $0.83 per issue (2000 copies, 8.5 x 5.5)...and that's just through jak prints (they do good work but can be kind of expensive for short runs on certain things). 4over would probably be cheaper, but I can't check because they froze my account (I think they're running off of a bunch of igens for almost everything, but their work is consistently decent and inexpensive).

But if you really wanted to save money, you could just do them like 2600 magazine....get the covers printed professionally, do everything else on 20lb bond w/ a laser printer, then saddle-stitch them at home with one of these. Though, if you did that, you couldn't do a bleed like you have on the current copy and, if you managed to trim it (which would be a bitch and wouldn't be worth it) you'd have to account for the shift on each page. So maybe that would be something to keep in mind for issue 2 if you decided to go that route.

• The best stapler needs to be metal. Students break everything. This swingline is what I normally use. And this bostitch for large booklets
  
• For a pencil sharpener you have two options. A metal mechanical sharpener like this or you buy whatever electric one costco sells and just return it every time it breaks.

The thing I love about zines is the infinite ways in which they can be made.

I draw mine digitally (used to use ink, switched to digital a few years ago), print them at home in black and white, on 8.5x11 (somtimes 5.5x4.25) with a duplexing Brother printer, staple them with a booklet stapler, crease them with a bone folder, then distribute them in various ways.

I used to run a zine subscription where I sent out a new, original zine each month to people who subscribed for ~$40. I also table at zine fests across the country. And I donate zines to any/all local zine libraries I can find.

I have illustration zines, lettering zines, and poetry zines, and I have noticed that poetry zines (aka "chapbooks") usually sell way less. I think it's because (in the U.S. at least) poetry is just undervalued in general (unfortunately).

I wish I were as smart as you. I went to my local hardware store and picked up a Power Shot 5700M without reading reviews or doing research. I cannot tell you how much of a poor decision this was. I can't recommend a good one, but I can definitely tell you NOT to get the one I have.

Definitely get one of these staplers with these staples. You'll be able to staple through a 2x4.

When we made receipt books at my old job we would use big staples and black paper tape to cover the staples. That would make an attractive book.

I don't remember the brand or style of tape, but gaffers tape might work.

https://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Heavy-Stapler-Sheets-S7039005/dp/B0006HUPU2

Bostitch B8 Xtreme Duty 45 Sheet Plier Stapler, Black (B8HDP) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015ZZ1H6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_5OPBzbE7PRSCH

Dire stapler.

Aren't they like $30 at Staples??

http://www.staples.com/Swingline-12-Long-Reach-Stapler/product_648944

http://www.amazonsupply.com/stanley-bostitch-standard-capacity-b440sb/dp/B0006HVU8S?ref_=goo_pf_B0006HVU8S

No, that's what this is for:

http://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Heavy-Duty-Stapler-S7039005R/dp/B0006HUPU2

> What... exactly... constitutes gourmet staples?

They're called "heavy duty staples", and with the right stapler you can practically bind books with them. >200 sheets in one ka-chunk.

Dat's some hard shit, man.