How to join sheets of paper most effectively without staples or tape

quarantine — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:54:07 -0800

Can anyone help me save the planet one staple at a time? I sell a lot of stamps online, and in trying to reduce the footprint of this exercise (by using clean backs of paper printed on one side, recycled paperboard, etc.) I've been looking for a replacement to tape or staplers.

Yes, I know about the Staple-Free Stapler that, for instance, ThinkGeek sells, and that was previous discussed here on ask.metafilter, but as far as I know it only works on the corners of paper, and its limitation of four-five pages might be overly restrictive. My ideal one, if it exists, would be more traditionally stapler-shaped: be able to reach in and attach as far as the neck would allow. An amazon partner has one that looks like it might work, but the reviews are not very detailed.

I don't know what the technology would be: weaving, crimping, or something more clever I haven't thought of. But I'm handing it over to you.

why do all staplers suck?

craniac — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:12:34 -0800

Where have all the good staplers gone? Every stapler we've purchased at work has been crap. Swinglines, swingline electric, Stanley Bostitch heavy duty. They all end up jamming, breaking, or getting ripped off by students (different problem). I'm looking for a reliable stapler, something heavy enough to have served as a murder weapon in an episode of Perry Mason. My sense is that they've just gotten cheaper over the years as an expression of some sort of evil planned obsolescence. No Office Space references allowed in this thread, please.

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