(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best office staplers & hole punches

This isn’t necessarily a difficult piece to recover, but there are a few things to keep in mind if you decide to try to tackle it yourself. I would suggest:

1. Be careful removing the old fabric and double welt cord so you don’t knick/scratch the wood (buying a staple pulling tool like this one can help with control and lessen the chance of damaging the wood) https://www.amazon.com/C-S-Osborne-Spoon-Staple-Puller/dp/B07DNF34JJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?keywords=cs+osborne+upholstery+tools&qid=1573576886&sprefix=cs+osborne+&sr=8-12)
   
   
2. Save the fabric pattern and cut your new piece slightly bigger. (About an inch or 2) This allows you to have enough excess to get a grip on and pull the fabric tight while stapling.
   
   
3. Start at one side and put a couple of staples in and then move to the opposite side until you’ve put a few staples in on each of the 4 sides to ‘set’ your fabric in place. (Don’t worry about any ‘overhang’, you’ll cut that off •very carefully• with a razor blade once you’ve stapled everything down.) Once you have it set you can work outwardly from those few staples you put in on each side pulling the fabric tight as you go. If you start to get a wrinkle or weird spot, just pull out the last couple staples and work on it until you get it right.
   
   4.when you come to legs or arm rests you may have to snip the fabric and fold it under a bit to get it to go around areas like that. Just snip carefully and make small cuts to start. You can always make the cuts bigger if you need to until it looks right.
   
   
4. If you’re not going to make the double welt yourself you’ll have to find a pre-made cord, or you could use nail heads to cover he edges if you want to change the look of the chair up. If you stick with double welt, there’s a secret to attaching welt to pieces like this...hot glue.
   
   Good luck! If you have any more questions don’t hesitate to ask :)

A couple of things to think of-I’ll add more as I think of them.

1. Consider how heavily your upholstered furniture will be used. If it will receive light use, go ahead and try to do it yourself if you are game. If it’s going to receive daily use I would take it to an upholsterer. Home sewing machines are not made to put heavy-duty thread through or advance heavy fabrics through. Mom burned out her very expensive Viking doing upholstery.
   
   You may get it to work for a while, but it’s hard on the machine.
   
   That said there’s a lot of upholstery you can do with no sewing. If that’s the case, have at it!
   
   
2. You can’t live without this tool. Makes life so much easier when you screw up placing staples.
   
   https://www.amazon.com/Osborne-124-Staple-Remover-Upholstery/dp/B00JU4ZIG8?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_3
   
   
3. If you’ve never upholstered try to keep cushions square instead of curved. That said, soften the lines and edges with cotton batting.
   
   
4. Buttons are awesome. Make sure they are heavy duty.
   
   
5. Consider the size of your upholstered part when selecting the fabric. If you are doing a small cushion, choose fabric that has a pattern small enough to see in its entirety. Choose large patterns for large areas. Also consider the direction of the pattern if it has a lot of lines. Make sure you buy enough fabric so that you can run it the way it’s supposed to go.
   
   
6. Mom used one of these to cut foam. So easy and you can shape foam with it, too.
   
   https://www.walmart.com/ip/BLACK-DECKER-9-Inch-Electric-Carving-Knife-White-EK500W/54593704?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222228054093402&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=154510690078&wl4=pla-89150353977&wl5=9020648&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=54593704&veh=sem&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyerpBRD9ARIsAH-ITn-ErA27ZK9OMK_2KvBXpaO8cgJn7vZ3hXomZoxGHWdtYthDO35CQgMaAj6XEALw_wcB

You can buy this on Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/vertical-horizontal-Stapler-HD-10V-Hotchi-Kuru/dp/B000O9WRYO

Just note that it uses #10 mini staples and they're not always available at your local shops so you are probably better off getting them online as well.
It also has a limit of 7 cm from the edge of the paper to where you want to staple, so it doesn't work best with booklets that are bigger than A5.
Despite those conditions, it's a pretty neat stapler to have; it helped me through quite a few school projects.

I bought this at a bookstore in Hong Kong.

I'm fascinated by them. Think of how many other omnipresent 20th century office products have simply vanished - rolodex, rotary phones, filing cabinets, typewriters, paper maps, the 'attache'.

Today we can type a multi-page document on a personal computer thousands of times more powerful than what we used to send the first man to the moon. We can wirelessly transmit it to a laser printer and have that document printed for mere pennies. In seconds! But for all the alternative paper-binding methods of the last few decades (like this stupid thing), you'll still probably use a regular old stapler to keep those sheets together.

That 70 year old stapler can do the same job as today's stapler. But thanks to the callous disregard with which our fickle minds determine a serviceable object to be "obsolete", these gorgeous simple machines slowly disappeared. And the flimsy, brightly colored, plastic cubicle ornaments they call "staplers" today are just as likely to be lost at the back of a desk drawer as they are to be tossed out as extraneous.

That 70 year old stapler is timeless. It does the job, and it does it with a little more class. That, I believe, is the spirit of BIFL.

I say bring on the staplers.

Thanks. I might just have to do that. Is this the one you got?

Bostitch Impulse 45 Sheet Electric Stapler Value Pack - Double Heavy Duty, No-Jam with Trusted Warranty Guaranteed by Bostitch, Black (B8E-Value) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006JNU3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_xuVvCb40ZHHA6

Nice piece of writing there. You made me smile on a bad day, thanks.

However, you're looking at the wrong staplers. I have this, and its little brother. 100 sheets capacity and 25 sheet capacity respectively. They work differently than most. As you push down on the handle they store energy in a spring. When you've got it down all the way, it fires the staple through the stack of papers. 100 sheets is easy.

• 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.

This is just around $30 and should be the best value as far as staples goes.

Coin Flip Assortment on Amazon, can also search for specific sizes by just searching Mylar 2x2. Should also get a Flat Clinch Stapler I bought the linked one and love it for stapling flips.

I sell mostly vintage when it comes to books. I seal them in 100ga polyofelin shrink, cover in 5/16" bubble wrap, then roll
2" corrugated into a "box" around it, sealed with 3" 3.5mil tape lengthwise and 1/4" staples on the ends. If it is a really flimsy/flexible book, I will also put it between two sheets of matte board (this stuff, but I get it for free from CL/dumpsters/store closings/etc) before making the roll so that it won't bend.

Serious question, can't find the answer elsewhere, will these staples work in this stapler?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006IFM5

If not, could you point me towards some of that size (3/8) that do, or the right product number/name so I can find them? Thanks a lot :)

Stapler and staples.

3 Hole puncher

Powerstrip, this is a more subtle item, but once he sees it, he'll realize you went all out.

Pink is the new black.

Thanks for the contest! Will you post before and after pictures??

Yep, got it to replace the Lowes staple gun i broke a few weeks back during a range visit.

Specs:

• Model: Tacwise Z3-140 Heavy Duty Staple Gun
  
• Color: Silver/Orange
  
• Ammo: 1/4, 5/16, 3/8,1/2,9/16
  
  Hope that helps haha.

If he likes retro games, he might appreciate this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pac-Man-PP0600PM-Pac-Man-Paladone/dp/B00AD5KQ6U

This stapler: I absolutely love my stapler. http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Pro-1140-PaperPro-Quantum/dp/B001CE2XTY/ref=sr_1_18?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1382745386&sr=1-18

If you're going to get a lifter style one, I would recommend the Bostitch one over the Swingliner. There were a few of both type at a print shop I worked at and I found they worked much better.

STapler

You are awesome!

https://www.amazon.com/Kokuyo-Harinacs-Staple-free-Stapler-Without/dp/B00O9N1BHA
(Not one here but similar)
It's more or less a crimper as staplers technically make holes.

They are neat

Have you thought about just doing it zine/booklet-style? Printer-paper size folded in half and held together by staples? You could do it yourself for just the cost of the prints and a special stapler.

This is the older version: (I have one, it's cool, it works)

Kokuyo Harinacs Japanese Stapleless Stapler Ten-sheet binding White SLN-MSH110W 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F2YSL7S/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_gNlMAbQM22PBE


This is the newer version:

Kokuyo Harinacs Press Staple-free Stapler; With this Item, You Can Staple Pieces of Paper Without Making Any Holes on Paper(White) 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O9N1BHA/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_HKlMAbDXXKWVA

Amazon has long reach staplers, I bought one last week for 5.99

The one on the left is a staple from a flat clinch stapler. It staples flatter. I use one of these.

Staple remover.

Upholstery tool.

https://www.amazon.com/Osborne-Upholstery-Staple-Remover-124/dp/B00JU4ZIG8

https://www.amazon.com/Kokuyo-Harinacs-Staple-free-Stapler-Without/dp/B00O9N1BHA

https://www.amazon.com/Kokuyo-Harinacs-Staple-free-Stapler-Without/dp/B00O9N1BHA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521689358&sr=8-2&keywords=kokuyo+stapleless+stapler

For those saying that they prefer the notebooks, get one of these for $10 and make your own: http://www.amazon.com/Sparco-Stapler-Capacity-Standard-SPR01316/dp/B001B0GWKU/ref=sr_1_5?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1395679089&sr=1-5

Version 1 of the product

Not in the class so I’m not entirely sure if this is exactly what you’re talking about, but here’s a staple-free stapler . Other staple-free staplers are available.

Binder: any office supply store.

Fine point sharpie: ditto

Cardstock to cut into 2x2 blanks/spacers: ditto

Binder sheets: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KDNAU2

2x2s (for example): https://www.amazon.com/Cardboard-Holders-Collectors-Assorted-Counting/dp/B06XK7G362/

Flat-clinch stapler: https://www.amazon.com/Max-Flat-Clinch-Standard-Capacity-HD-50DFBK/dp/B0006HX54U