The Complete Handbook of Binding Supplies
A professional's field guide to selecting, using, and maintaining binding equipment and supplies
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
A practical reference for choosing, using, and maintaining binding supplies — covers specifications, troubleshooting, and business applications.
About this book
Binding supplies are not interchangeable boxes of plastic and paper. The right comb size, the correct coil pitch, the proper heat-set adhesive — every choice affects whether your bound document lies flat, opens cleanly, and survives shipping or repeated handling. This handbook explains the specifications that matter for each binding method, from comb and coil to thermal, wire, and screw-post, and shows you how to match supplies to your equipment and your workload.
It covers day-to-day use and maintenance, including how to load supplies correctly, adjust tension, avoid jams, and diagnose the common failures that waste time and material. It also devotes a full chapter to the business side of binding — reselling supplies, offering binding services, servicing equipment, and private-labeling products — so you can turn this skill into revenue if you choose.
Written for professionals and serious hobbyists, this is not a marketing brochure. It is a reference you will return to when a job goes wrong, when you are comparing quotes from suppliers, or when you are asked to recommend a binding setup for an office or shop.
Reader Reviews
Joseph Adams
★★★★★I picked this up to help standardize what my office orders for our comb binding machine. The chapter on specifications is genuinely useful — I now know what to check in a product listing instead of guessing. The troubleshooting section helped me fix a jam I'd been fighting for months. My only real complaint is that the brand chapter reads more like a directory than a comparison; I was hoping for more direct 'buy this, not that' guidance. Still, for the price, it's a solid desk reference.