How To Ring Bind A Book?
Ring binding a book - producing a finished bound document using plastic coil or wire ring spines - is one of the most versatile binding methods available in a p...
Frequently Asked Questions About Spiral Coil Binding
Spiral coil binding generates a consistent set of questions from first-time users and experienced binders alike — questions about pitch compatibility, coil sizi...
How Do I Bind Non-Standard Oversized Pages?
Non-standard and oversized pages present binding challenges that standard office equipment simply isn't designed for — and discovering those limitations mid-pro...
How do I use my coil crimpers?
Coil crimpers are the final step in the coil binding process — and the step most often done incorrectly, resulting in coil spines that unwind from the document,...
How do I use the GBC CC2700 Spiral Coil Inserter?
The GBC CC2700 is a dedicated electric spiral coil inserter — a machine that automates the most time-consuming step in coil binding, threading the coil through...
How To Spiral Bind A Book?
Spiral binding a book produces a finished product that opens completely flat, rotates 360 degrees, and withstands repeated heavy use better than most other bind...
How To Spiral Bind Papers?
Spiral coil binding (also called plastic coil binding) is the binding method of choice for documents that must open completely flat during use, rotate 360 degre...
How to Use a Coil Binding Machine
A coil binding machine punches round holes along the binding edge of a document and provides the tooling needed to thread a plastic coil through those holes to...
What Coil Binding Supplies should I have?
Coil binding is one of the most capable desktop binding methods for producing professional documents that open completely flat and rotate 360 degrees. Getting t...
What is the Difference Between the Akiles Coilmac Plus Machines and the Non Plus Versions?
If you're comparing Akiles CoilMac models and trying to understand what the "Plus" designation actually buys you, the answer is more substantial than a simple f...
What Pitch Do I need for Coil Binding?
Pitch is the single most important specification to get right when ordering coil binding supplies — and the most common source of frustration for first-time coi...
How do I use Coil Binding Sleeves?
Coil binding sleeves solve a specific problem that trips up everyone who first encounters them: what do you do when you need to coil-bind a document but the pap...
Are there easier ways to bind a document with coil binding?
Manually threading a spiral coil through 44 or 55 holes, one at a time, gets old fast. If you're binding more than 10 to 15 documents per day, there's a real ch...
How can I make a spiral notebook without a machine?
Making a spiral notebook without a binding machine is entirely possible using hand tools designed for machine-free coil binding. The result is a fully functiona...
What should I know about Spiral Coil Binding?
Spiral coil binding is one of the most versatile and durable binding methods available, and once you understand the basics it's also one of the most satisfying...
Coil Binding Glossary: Everything You Need to Know
Coil binding has its own technical vocabulary. Terms like pitch, crimp, helix, duty cycle, and gauge appear in product listings, machine specifications, and sup...
How do I bind a document using spiral coil binding?
Spiral coil binding — also called plastic coil or color coil — produces durable, flexible documents that open completely flat, rotate a full 360 degrees, and ho...
How do I bind large documents with Color Coils?
Binding large documents with color coils requires the right coil diameter, the correct punch pitch, a machine capable of punching the full document width, and p...
What features should I look for in a spiral coil inserter?
A coil inserter is the single accessory that most dramatically speeds up spiral coil binding. Threading a coil by hand through 44 or 55 punched holes takes one...
What features should I look for when buying a coil binding machine?
A coil binding machine is a longer-term investment than buying coil supplies. The right machine handles your current volume comfortably, supports the paper size...