Take your documents and measure its thickness with a metric

If you've just recently purchase a coil binding machine and you've never used one before, you're going to need some instruction to help you get started with it. That's why we put together this quick-how-to guide about coil binding. Read it and see if it may be the tutorial you've been looking for. Get it together. The first thing you need to before you even think about approaching your binding PPGI PPGL steel coil machines is put your document together. That means printing it, organizing it with index tabs and other inserts, and selecting front and back covers. Once you've done that, you can move on to the next step. Choose your coil. After your book has been put together, you can select your binding coil. This can be a bit tricky. There are some machine that have coil selectors to help you out, but if yours lacks this feature, you'll have to go it alone.

Take your documents and measure its thickness with a metric ruler that clearly has millimeters marked on it. You can then choose your coil - just make sure it's about 2 millimeters thicker than your document. (This makes it easier for readers to turn the book's pages.) Punch that paper. At this point, you can begin punching the documents. You should do a test run on some scrap paper beforehand to make sure the machine's settings are right. If you don't get the results you want, you'll need to adjust the edge guide, disengageable dies, and so on. You might have to punch the book in sections depending on its length as well as what your machine can handle at once. You might want to actually punch slightly less paper per lift. This helps keep the machine in good condition and reduces wear and tear. Get binding. Once your document's pages have been punched, you can start binding.

If you lack a coil inserter, you can manually thread the coil through the holes in your document. However, if you do have access to a inserter, it will take you less time to finish things up. Whichever method you use, there should be about 1" of excess spine on each end. You're going to need it for the next step. Crimp the ends. Finally, we're at the last step. In this part, you're going crimp the ends of the coil used to bind your book. To do this, you need a pair of crimping pliers. (These either come with the device or are bought on their own.) You're going to use them to trim and fold up the ends of the spines. (This keeps the book intact so the pages won't fall out.) Using pliers is pretty easy to do as long as you keep the red dot that's printed on them facing towards you. That's a quick how-to guide about coil binding. Once you're used to operating your machine, you'll find that coil binding is easy and enjoyable. Get started with yours today so you can become a pro in no time.