Re:Möbius Printing Helper
by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:42AM
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Seems like an invention that probably already exists: a pocketable handheld stapler, you load a single staple, push the device into the groove of some folded pages, staple exits the guide and pierced to other side (probably stabbing you!), tool is applied in a different way to bend over the staples from said other side. Booklet!
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Not a portable solution, but I've definitely done something like this for making booklets.
1. Open up a regular stapler surface mode. 2. use a flattened shipping box as a backing surface, to give your fingers a break from the stabbing. 3. Staple through. 4. pull the paper and the staples up. 5. Start bending the staples down with pliers, to get a nice distinct fold started. 6. Bend the rest of the way by hand. 7. Masking tape the edge. (or, for more visual flair, washi tape).
I imagine you could also do something like hammer the staples a bit, but the tape really helps ensure the staples don't catch.
The staples won't have inward curve that staplers usually apply as the standard anti-catch measure, but I like this actually--combined with the tape, everything sits more flush.