GLOAT stapler

Oct 25, 2007 12 Replies

I staple A LOT of boxes in my business...



I bought one of these

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auction for $50. Then got a small pallet of staple coils like at the bottom of the page for $17.



I spent about an hour cleaning greasing and oiling. Then did about a hundred boxes in a few minutes. its in like new condition. Got the unit just in time, we're doing a semi-load of boxes next week.



I figure I spent a bit less than 1 cent on the dollar for new value. Of course, I'm the only guy on this NG that would even want one.



Karl


I'm jealous Karl. I make allot of custom boxes to ship my stuff and this stapler would make my job easier. Did you buy two perchance? Steve

How do you use those???

i

I let the second one go at $160. I was thinking of eBay, etc. The second one was properly described, it may have went on up. The one I got had a poor pic (on line auction) and the wrong description.

I got a 8" buck adjust true chuck at the same auction for $63. All it said was "3 jaw chuck". Also a Renishaw MP9 probe for $105. Like all auctions, some things went nuts. An almost completely empty hout drill index case for $300. Several beat to s$%^ hand tools over new price.

Karl

fold box loosely over post. Push foot peddle, and you get one staple per second while you slide box along post. Pulls box together tight, doesn't cut cardboard. I did another 500 this evening by having a kid hand me a folded box. I stapled faster than he could hand boxes. One downside, I used to pay kids to do boxes. Now its my job. But, like my wife says, we have to pay the help. You work for free.

Karl

Had me worried, I thought the topic was "GOAT stapler".

LLB

Very late in my father's life he passed down his last jewel of wisdom: "If you don't want to do something, just screw it up good once." I knew this but, it was so out of character coming from him.

Some have all the luck.

Mart> I staple A LOT of boxes in my business...

Fitty Dolla!!!

Bandit!

(Insert obligatory "You SUCK!!" here)

:-)

Cheers Trevor Jones

I think my better half is guilty on this stapler. I tried teaching her, she managed to jam the unit every few minutes.

Of course, I'm even more guilty. We we first got married, we washed dishes together. I didn't do it right and got fired. Same thing happened with cleaning the bathroom, cooking dinner, hanging wallpaper, and painting inside.

Karl

Is this a bit too dangerous for a kid to operate? Sounds like you still need a kid to hand you boxes but then maybe you ought to give your wife the box handing job. Misery loves company ;)

Wes

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