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Reddit mentions of Bostitch/PaperPro Booklet Stapler - One Finger, No Effort, Spring Powered, Long Reach Stapler - Silver (1610)
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We found 2 Reddit mentions of Bostitch/PaperPro Booklet Stapler - One Finger, No Effort, Spring Powered, Long Reach Stapler - Silver (1610). Here are the top ones.
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Use one finger to staple up to 25 sheets, jam-free12.5" long reach and handles jobs up to 25" wideBuilt-in ruler + paper guide for precision stapling when binding booklets, pamphlets, and other specialty projectsSleek, die-cast metal housing for durability80% easier stapling with ; spring-powered technology
Specs:
| Color | Silver |
| Height | 4 Inches |
| Length | 2.8 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | October 2017 |
| Size | Size: Pack of 1 |
| Weight | 2 Pounds |
| Width | 19 Inches |
A saddle stitch book is the most basic type of bind. You basically grab a stack of papers, fold it in half (a bone folder helps with this step) and staple.
A long reach stapler is great for this type of bind because if you're making a wide book you don't have to crease and bend your notebook to get to the center.
You can also use thread to bind the book together and for that you'll need an awl. (see diagram) A punching cradle makes this method easier.
Bonus: If you want to make the edges even and professional looking you can chop it in a book guillotine. The drawback to this is that your book won't be a standard size because you'll be shaving fractions of a inch off.
Here's all the files you'll need.
For the paper, I just use standard 8.5x14" Legal paper. My printer has a duplexer, but it won't duplex legal, so I had to do a manual duplex (flipping the paper over by hand and printing everything again). The cover is 65lb Bristol Board and was manually duplexed as well.
My books have 10 pages in them, which is made by two sides of 5 sheets of paper. The pages print 2-up per page and they are cut down the middle long-ways, that way when you fold them in half, the score sheet appears on the front page and the notes page ends up on the back of the score sheet. 5 sheets of paper make two books. I have a paper cutter that can cut the full length of the legal sheet, but if you don't, you can simply use a straight edge and a razor blade, or if you have a regular paper cutter, you can just fold the pages in half on the short edge, then cut them in half on the long edge.
Once everything is stapled, I round the corners using a corner cutter. Here's a cheaper corner cutter, but it can't handle the whole book at once. I have both of those corner cutters, and the cheaper one comes in very handy for other projects I do.
In that link is both Trap and Skeet books. I have a doubles sheet, but I need to finish the cover. Once I get done with it, it'll be in that link as well.