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Older Swinglines 615s and Bostitch B440SB; either model with Swingline staples, specifically the ones in the white paper box with blue and lime green branding (79350). For long arms, older heavy Bostitch models. Alternatives: =E2=80=94 Regur Ring King saddle stapler. Etona used to sell these out of N= V. This plus Regur brand staples don't jam. =E2=80=94 Zenith 502 stapler (link ) and Zenith staples. Super compact, but staples are thicker than Swingline and Regur, probably the only reason why I don't use it as much. E On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 3:26=E2=80=AFPM Erika Church (she/they) < erika.church@utah.edu> wrote: > Hi Amanda, > We teach a lot of zine making workshops and I spend a good amount of > time unjamming all of the staplers that we have (flex, not), but I will s= ay > that the Swingline Saddle Stapler that we snagged from an "on the way to > campus surplus" pile of office supplies is our workhorse. We also have a > Swingline Long Reach Stapler that works well. Both were scavenged from o= ld > offices or work rooms. We bought a newer one from Bostitch and have been > pretty disappointed (as in I don't bother bringing it to the workshops > anymore disappointed). > For my off the clock adventures I took to the 2nd hand market (e-bay) > and found a reasonably priced ($30 plus shipping) Swingline Saddle Staple= r > that is my rock. Not sure if your department would purchase from 2nd hand > marketplaces or not. > Another option that we used to locate some hard-to-find typewriter > supplies was to send out a message to a few campus list serves and ask > folks to look in their offices and workrooms for any "out of date" office > supplies. Not sure how tricky this might be at your institution. Since w= e > are a state school we have to send things through a surplus process, but > there are value/cost minimums so things like old typewriter ribbon > cartridges that would be currently valued at $1.75 (that is a price I am > making up, but pretty sure the surplus team would have just thrown them > out, hopefully recycled the paper boxes they were in) would not require a > formal supply transfer document to hand them over from the undergraduate > office store room to our department. > Good luck in your quest! > > -Erika > > *ERIKA E CHURCH* *(she/they) * > > *ProtoSpace Operations Coordinator* > > > > *J. Willard Marriott Library - University of Utah* > 295 South 1500 East > SLC,UT 84112-0860 > Phone: 801.585.5921 > Email: *erika.church@utah.edu * > Website: *lib.utah.edu * > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ZineLibrarians > on behalf of Amanda Roper > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2025 9:27 AM > *To:* zinelibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info < > zinelibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info> > *Subject:* [Zine Librarians] long armed stapler > > Hi, > > I've gone through several long-armed staplers. They keep jamming. What > long-armed stapler do you all use? I'm not stapling too many pages at a > time; I think it is just having multiple classes using zines and lots of > stapler use. > > Amanda > > > > Amanda Roper (she/her) > Instruction Librarian > > 423.697.2445 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ZineLibrarians mailing list > ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info > > http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries= .info > --000000000000fc8e8d063cd13391 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Amanda,=C2=A0
Seconding the saddle staplers Erika menti= oned. Older Swinglines 615s and Bostitch B440SB; either model with Swinglin= e staples, specifically the ones in the white paper box with blue and lime = green branding=C2=A0(79350). For long arms, older heavy Bostitch models.
Alternatives:
=E2=80=94 Regur Ring King saddle stapler. Etona use= d to sell these out of NV. This plus=C2=A0Regur brand staples don't jam= .=C2=A0
=E2=80=94=C2=A0Zenith 502 stapler (link) and Zenith staples. Super compact, but staples are thicker = than Swingline and Regur, probably the only reason why I don't use it a= s much.

E

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 3:26=E2=80=AFPM Erika Church (she/t= hey) <erika.c= hurch@utah.edu> wrote:
Hi Amanda,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0We teach a lot of zine making workshops and I spend a good amo= unt of time unjamming all of the staplers that we have (flex, not), but I w= ill say that the Swingline Saddle Stapler that we snagged from an "on = the way to campus surplus" pile of office supplies is our workhorse. We also have a Swingline Long Reach Stapler that works w= ell.=C2=A0 Both were scavenged from old offices or work rooms.=C2=A0 We bou= ght a newer one from Bostitch and have been pretty disappointed (as in I do= n't bother bringing it to the workshops anymore disappointed).=C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0For my off the clock adventures I took to the 2nd= =C2=A0hand market (e-bay) and found a reasonably priced ($30 plus shipping)= Swingline Saddle Stapler that is my rock. Not sure if your department woul= d purchase from 2nd=C2=A0hand marketplaces or not.=C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0Another option that we used to locate some hard-to-find typewr= iter supplies was to send out a message to a few campus list serves and ask= folks to look in their offices and workrooms for any "out of date&quo= t; office supplies. Not sure how tricky this might be at your institution.=C2=A0 Since we are a state school we have to send thi= ngs through a surplus process, but there are value/cost minimums so things = like old typewriter ribbon cartridges that would be currently valued at $1.= 75 (that is a price I am making up, but pretty sure the surplus team would have just thrown them out, hopefully re= cycled the paper boxes they were in) would not require a formal supply tran= sfer document to hand them over from the undergraduate office store room to= our department.=C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0Good luck in your quest!

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0-Erika

ERIKA E CHURCH=C2=A0(she/they)

ProtoSpace Operations Coordinator

=C2=A0

J. Willard Marriott Library - University of Utah<= /b>
295 South 1500 East
SLC,UT 84112-0860
Phone: 801.585.5921
Email: erika.church@utah.edu
Website: lib.utah.edu

From: ZineLibrarians <zinelibrarians-bounc= es@lists.zinelibraries.info> on behalf of Amanda Roper <Amanda.Rope= r@chattanoogastate.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 9:27 AM
To: zinelibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <zinelibraria= ns@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: [Zine Librarians] long armed stapler
=C2=A0
Hi,=C2=A0

I've gone through several long-armed staplers. They keep jamming. What = long-armed stapler do you all use? I'm not stapling too many pages at a= time; I think it is just having multiple classes using zines and lots of s= tapler use.=C2=A0

Amanda=C2=A0



Amanda Roper (she/her)

Instruction Librarian

423.697.2445















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