Adam Savage's Weird Staplers Collection!

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  • The humble office stapler gets a chance to flex its versatility as Adam rolls out his collection of novel staplers that he has stocked in the cave. From a stapler used to bind home-made booklets to one with a swiveling punch head, these unique stapling tools are delightful godsends when the situation calls for them!
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  • @tested
    @tested  Před 13 dny +19

    Adam's guide to staplers and nail guns: czcams.com/video/BIf7fuOIB1Q/video.html
    Bostitch Booklet Stapler: amzn.to/4c9lLH0
    Swingline Heavy Duty Stapler: amzn.to/48VseCu
    Swing-Arm Swivel Stapler: amzn.to/4acHGeF
    Puppeteer Stacey Gordon's visit to the cave: czcams.com/video/cH7Ql35LYSI/video.html
    Disclaimer: Tested may earn an affiliate commission when you buy through the links here.

    • @Lethgar_Smith
      @Lethgar_Smith Před 12 dny

      How about a "losing your temper" demerit badge?
      When your frustration takes over and want to either give up or break something or both.
      Or is that too extreme?

    • @kousakasan7882
      @kousakasan7882 Před 12 dny +1

      There is a stapleless stapler. It cuts two tabs and folds them over.

    • @simplersearchproductions
      @simplersearchproductions Před 12 dny +1

      I have a Swingline HD stapler, it's awesome, great for book and biding prototyping. I found the Bostitch Long-Reach Stapler (12", 25-Sheet Capacity, Model: B440LR) to be very multitalented.

    • @JonReevesLA
      @JonReevesLA Před 11 dny

      I don't see either here or in the linked video a mention of hog rings. I build a Rose Parade float, and we go through 25 pounds or more of them every year to attach chicken wire to a steel grid (and then fabric on top of that). They also get used for upholstery and fencing.

  • @stationminute
    @stationminute Před 12 dny +163

    I believe you have my stapler.

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn Před 12 dny +8

      critically underrated comment.

    • @Kizmar
      @Kizmar Před 12 dny +6

      Came here to say that.

    • @needfuldoer4531
      @needfuldoer4531 Před 12 dny +4

      I like the Swingline stapler because it doesn't jam as much as the Bostitch stapler.

    • @BixbyConsequence
      @BixbyConsequence Před 12 dny +16

      And I said I don't care if they lay me off either because I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time then I'm quitting I'm going to quit and I told Don too because they moved my desk four times already this year and I used to be over by the window and I could see the squirrels and they were married but then they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...

    • @passage9993
      @passage9993 Před 12 dny

      I Ate your paste too

  • @rockstarfan886
    @rockstarfan886 Před 12 dny +152

    I've said it before this channel just keeps getting better. You wont find content like this on any other channel and I'm here for it

    • @Bear551590
      @Bear551590 Před 12 dny +7

      Grand Illusions. It's the next closest thing. Go look them up.

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al Před 12 dny

      ​@@Bear551590 I bloody love that channel!

    • @tobbiex
      @tobbiex Před 12 dny

      @@Bear551590That’s true!

    • @EE-fl1tw
      @EE-fl1tw Před 12 dny +1

      Money and eclectic taste does wonders

  • @1981GLAD
    @1981GLAD Před 12 dny +27

    As a curator, I would like to mention that staples are a bane of our lives. They go rusty and paper gets torn around them, so we have to remove them and replace them with plastic clips. So please, use any other kind of binding solution if your work can end up in a museum or archive. Oh and use archival storage. And sign and date everything, I beg of you!

    • @wolfco47
      @wolfco47 Před 11 dny +3

      It seems like the Japanese style paper punch staplers would be useful for your purposes as they connect pages by creating small tabs within the individual pages which are tucked under to bind the stack.

    • @skoronesa1
      @skoronesa1 Před 9 hodinami

      OR tell people to use STAINLESS Staples.

  • @Warshipmodelsunderway
    @Warshipmodelsunderway Před 12 dny +59

    My red Swingline is not particularly useful for my shop work, but it brings me joy each time I look upon it's crimson perfection.

    • @smartgorilla
      @smartgorilla Před 12 dny +4

      the crunch they make are lovely

    • @andrewb9590
      @andrewb9590 Před 12 dny +6

      @warshipmodelsunderway if they take your stapler, don’t set your own workshop on fire though…

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al Před 12 dny +4

      A red Swingline stapler has always been so tempting even though it would be pretty useless to me. Maybe I should look into buying some sort of poster of the red swingline stapler instead, maybe even retro style even though it didn't exist in red until after the movie.

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE Před 12 dny +11

      The fact that the iconic red Swingline didn't even exist prior to _Office Space,_ is so comical!

  • @thebeaster8804
    @thebeaster8804 Před 12 dny +14

    Plier staplers are one of the big revelation in my life. I first saw them at my pharmacy where they used them to staple documents to the medication bags. It's such a seemingly minor ergonomic thing but it makes all the difference.

  • @martindurand5492
    @martindurand5492 Před 12 dny +25

    Broche is french for staple so Brochure is literally "stapled together". Rob's Words would advocate for the use of Stapling (maybe with some old English letters added😁)

  • @jaredkelly925
    @jaredkelly925 Před 12 dny +28

    One stapler I didn't see you mention is a pinning stapler that bends out instead of in! We had a few staplers with a rotatable anvil, that let you switch between the staples being bent in and out. Outward bending staples are easier to remove with much less potential for damage of the thing you are removing them from.

    • @marksnyder2232
      @marksnyder2232 Před 12 dny +4

      Thanks for posting this. I was thinking about asking about those outward bending staples but had never heard what they were called and didn't know why they were used.

    • @nickfosterxx
      @nickfosterxx Před 12 dny +2

      @@marksnyder2232 'Hey kid! Here's a five, run down to the stationers and get me a jumbo pack of outward folding staples would you? Thanks. And they MUST be the outward folding kind. Don't take any BS from the staff because they're out of stock. And hurry!'

    • @sethfg
      @sethfg Před 12 dny +2

      @@marksnyder2232I thought they all had that. At least the ones referred to as a desk stapler. As a former art teacher and the grandson of a stationary junkie grandmother. I have a few old swing line you could run over with a truck they are so heavy.

    • @maxcleveland3446
      @maxcleveland3446 Před 12 dny +2

      Do they produce a left-handed model?

    • @treborsf
      @treborsf Před 12 dny

      @@maxcleveland3446 [thought bubble] "Stupid sexy Flanders..."

  • @Lethgar_Smith
    @Lethgar_Smith Před 12 dny +28

    I used to be a buyer of office supplies for Bank of America. Every month I bought thousands of dollars of furniture and general office supplies. I was all about staplers back then. I could look at a stapler and instantly tell you the manufacturer and the model number and often what era it came from.
    That famous Aeron chair with the mesh seats was introduced back then and I am amazed to see that it is still selling for the exact same price it was 25 years ago. $700.
    When accounting for inflation that's actually a reduction in price but Im still amazed the price hasnt changed in 25 years.

    • @zachmoyer1849
      @zachmoyer1849 Před 12 dny +2

      i worked at staples when i was a kid and honestly for a place named after the thing they had a crappy selection lol. But chairs were one of the most marked up items in the store a chair that they had 80 dollars in cost in, they sold for 350 dollars. I think the reason the price hasn't changed is because the furniture market has only gotten more competitive over time and companies have had to relax on their very cushy margins.

  • @waltbackaert8578
    @waltbackaert8578 Před 12 dny +46

    Always a joy to see Adam talk about anything with such passion! His explainations and curiousity can make any subject interesting. Keep up the good work sir!

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE Před 12 dny +13

      I've said similar. His interest is infectious! lol
      I have no interest in staplers, and yet, here I am... watching with interest... 🤷‍♂️😊

    • @tested
      @tested  Před 12 dny +5

      @@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Ha!

    • @terrylong8894
      @terrylong8894 Před 12 dny +4

      Nobody:
      Nobody at all:
      CZcams: Adam Savage nerds out about staplers.

    • @armedvsokord
      @armedvsokord Před 12 dny

      ​@@terrylong8894suddenly everyone: Staplers! 😮

  • @user-os4lj3pi4q
    @user-os4lj3pi4q Před 12 dny +13

    The Japanese have staplers that don't need the metal thing (sorry, English is my second language). It kind of pierces (and or folds, idk) the paper in such a way that it keeps it together I think.
    I don't know how strong this method is, but it is interesting.

    • @therewolf184
      @therewolf184 Před 12 dny +4

      They're usually just called staple-free staplers. They can't handle quite as many sheets at once due to the 'fold and tuck' method of fastening, but are useful if you need to shred documents later on, since metal staples can jam paper shredders. And obviously, you'll never run out of staples!

    • @wardcheshire4535
      @wardcheshire4535 Před 12 dny +1

      Muji makes one of those.

    • @sklikizos
      @sklikizos Před 10 dny

      My kid's school uses these for permission slips - great because we can send back the signed sheet and keep the informational sheets without fuss or tearing.

  • @xtieburn
    @xtieburn Před 12 dny +11

    Something Ive found is that a surprising number of people dont realise that on many (most?) staplers you can push up the metal part that bends the tines, rotate it 180 degrees, and itll now bend the tines outwards instead of inwards.
    (I have yet to ever find a use for this, or even find anyone else who has ever had a use for this, which is probably why so many people Ive met didnt know why there was a weird nobly bit on a spring under the plate that allows you to do it.)

    • @Video_Crow
      @Video_Crow Před 12 dny +8

      That function is for temporary fastening - rather than stapling, it's called pinning. It holds papers together, but can be removed by hand without any additional tools.

    • @KonradTheWizzard
      @KonradTheWizzard Před 12 dny +2

      I used to use this a lot: it is super practical if you need hand-outs for trainees - you can staple stuff together, so that it is clear what belongs together while you hand it out to multiple people, but then it is super easy for them to pull out the staple and use the pages separately. It's also a bit more secure than wire paper clips and cheaper than binder clips.

    • @secretivesquirrelstudios
      @secretivesquirrelstudios Před 12 dny +2

      As others have said for momentary fastening that can just be pulled up cleanly by a fingernail. With one of mine you can click it in half way so the bent staple has legs pointing out at opposite 90 degree angles to the back, you just have to twist the staple out when you want to remove it.

  • @q1337
    @q1337 Před 12 dny +27

    First pencils then staplers, and yet I keep watching!

    • @Kram1032
      @Kram1032 Před 12 dny +3

      "and that's *why* I keep watching"
      ftfy

  • @macer_6853
    @macer_6853 Před 11 dny +2

    Ladies and Germs, Adam Savage. The man who entertains thousands while talking about his staplers. Love this content

  • @jarthurs
    @jarthurs Před 12 dny +2

    I still have a stapler I stole from my first job working for the Department of Transport in the UK in the 80's. Still going strong 40 years later.

  • @blar2112
    @blar2112 Před 12 dny +7

    I have a staplerless stapler that makes a knot with the paper itself

  • @paulbenbrook5542
    @paulbenbrook5542 Před 12 dny +3

    I think the full bundle of all the demerit badges should be called the "Lifelong Learner" pack. Everyone fails at things all the time, even the stuff they've been doing for years, and learning every nook and cranny of your craft should be celebrated.

  • @williambermas5833
    @williambermas5833 Před 12 dny +3

    Its episodes like this, always bring me back. The passion and the sharing of knowledge of tools & skills from other makers is a delight I enjoy.

  • @johnhicks692
    @johnhicks692 Před 12 dny +8

    My father had a stapler that you picked up and held in your hand to staple. It wasn't designed to sit on a table. I think it was designed for use in a shipping office where you were stapling an invoice or bill of lading onto a tag, It also used staples that were a kind of "ESS" shape.

    • @hillside21
      @hillside21 Před 12 dny

      I've seen things stapled with that "ESS" shape but never found what brand they were.
      I do have a Plier stapler from Bostich, and it uses the same B8 staples as their saddle staple and desk stapler. I also have a heavier plier stapler, the Arrow P22.

    • @douglasreid699
      @douglasreid699 Před 12 dny

      the stapler you hold in your hand like a stick or a bat (did a search and its called a Hammer Tacker), it gets used a lot for roofing and other building trades. there are paper membranes that usually need attached to roofs or walls before an external material is used to make the building water tight (the membrane papers do make things water tight for a short period of time) and its a lot quicker than using a staple gun (unless its an air or battery powered staple gun) to use that type of stapler. i think your father seen on and thought that would be so useful for the job he did.
      i think thats why Adam says at the start he is really only talking about desk type staplers as there are a lot of different types once you go down the rabbit hole of looking for them.

    • @cmmartti
      @cmmartti Před 12 dny

      ​@@douglasreid699 No, stapling a BoL onto a tag is still stapling two pieces of paper together. The stapler he's referring to is a plier-stapler, designed to be squeezed like a pair of pliers rather than pushed down onto a desk.

  • @captainxemo3804
    @captainxemo3804 Před 12 dny +3

    My favourite stapler is a tiny little 2.5" long one from a brand called "typo" (they don't sell them any more). Takes standard size staples, and will punch through as many pages as the length of the tines almost every time. Had it for over a decade now, still works like new.

  • @hraefn1821
    @hraefn1821 Před 11 dny

    As soon as Adam swung that arm out I went "Duuuuuuude!" It's such a simple but elegant solution to a common problem. Brilliant engineering.

  • @ReverendTed
    @ReverendTed Před 12 dny +1

    One of my favorites is a super cheap one that reloads differently. On most staplers, the top flips open to allow staples to be loaded.
    On this one, there's a button you push and a "tray" shoots out of the front where you load staples, and press the tray back in.
    Why do I love it? Because the stapler tray shooting out vaguely resembles the Xenomorph.

  • @billbucktube
    @billbucktube Před 12 dny +1

    Being the husband of a primary school teacher I have been dragooned into making various pamphlets and the spine stapler is ideal! That swivel stapler is intriguing!

  • @ScottKraft
    @ScottKraft Před 12 dny +7

    when I was a small lad not tall enough to see the top of my father's office desk, I manage to reach up to the desk and staple the edges of two of my tiny fingers together. I had forgotten about this until you mentioned that it's hard to hurt yourself XD

    • @musstakrakish
      @musstakrakish Před 12 dny

      When my brother was 3 or 4 he wanted to know how a stapler worked so he stapled his finger.

    • @JacksTheRabbitsTube
      @JacksTheRabbitsTube Před 12 dny

      As a kid I was reloading staples, not unlike the method that Adam did here, and stapled my thumb.

  • @danielland3767
    @danielland3767 Před 12 dny +6

    Adam gives me teacher vibes, that person you wish you had for a homeroom teacher or the arts and just want to stay.
    Then encourages you the other classes are necessary for makinf..lol

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc Před 12 dny +1

    When I got my job in 2009 someone got me a red swingline stable exactly like Milton’s from Office Space. I still use it at work, even though it’s not as red as it used to be.😂
    “I believe you have my red stapler!”

  • @annwagner5779
    @annwagner5779 Před 11 dny +1

    When I first started work at the National Portrait Gallery in 1989, I explored an old cache of office equipment. They had staplers that used spools of copper wire to make staples! So cool! So old! The NPG was founded in the 1960s, but I don’t know how much older those staplers may have been.

    • @zonedereve
      @zonedereve Před dnem +1

      My dad has one of these, it's so cool, still my favorite after all these years!

  • @xnamkcor
    @xnamkcor Před 12 dny +4

    80% of my Heavy Duty stapler usage has been mending bags(re-attaching a handle).
    I can tell you from experience that a proper Swingline stapler can staple up to 40 one dollar bills together(if you're lucky), but more than that you should really use a Heavy Duty.

  • @garthor
    @garthor Před 2 dny

    We hosted some exchange students from Japan a while back, and one of the things they gifted us when it was time to say goodbye was a small staple-less stapler... yes, that's right, no need to buy staples ever again!
    It simply punched a small hole in the pages, and then folded it back in such a way that created a secure bond between a few pages, without the need for a metallic staple.
    It was small enough, that it's not useful for much more than securing a few pages at a time, and certainly couldn't do booklets, but it's kinda rad that it doesn't require boxes and boxes of staples to service it... :D

  • @CazTanto
    @CazTanto Před 12 dny +1

    Dunno if this is more of a British thing or not, but I'd recon here that everyone's first mechanical fixing method is the split-pin. Normally, in like Year 2 (age 6/7), making a little paper character with swinging arms and legs 😅☺️😌
    Also, for anyone not aware. On most standard staplers, you can push up the base plate from the bottom and rotate it for a wider crimp ... I think it stops the ends curving over and gripping in on the back so is better for when it's temporary or something; if I remember correctly. EDIT: Immediately went and found my stapler to test it. It actually spreads the ends outward.

  • @milosterwheeler2520
    @milosterwheeler2520 Před 12 dny +2

    For doing a lot of stapling, I really like the Prodigy Brand Paper Pro One Finger, 25 Sheet Power Stapler. It is small and looks like a regular desktop Swingline stapler that most people have. But, with hardly any pressure at all, it staples through 25 sheets of paper. Just a light touch hammers the staple through with a loud CLACK. Easy one-hand operation. Also good for older folks or anyone who has weak hands.
    Despite the name, it is NOT electric. Purely mechanical. Can be used anywhere.

  • @dosesandmimoses
    @dosesandmimoses Před 12 dny

    It takes guts to reach Savage glory; or the no guts, no glory.. apologies.. I love creating taglines, so hopefully I don’t overwhelm you guys.. thanks for everyone who produces the show.. there’s so much that goes into it- so much gratitude

  • @PBJ.
    @PBJ. Před 9 dny +2

    Adam is the type of guy that shoots multiple takes and leaves them all in.

  • @GholaMuadDib
    @GholaMuadDib Před 11 dny

    Whenever I use a stapler, I think of Milton from Office Space. Geeking out over staplers is just a step away from getting into notebooks, planners, and other office supplies. I love it.

  • @Solidfluids
    @Solidfluids Před 12 dny +7

    I was expecting to see the Japanese stapleless stapler that cleverly folds the papers together.

    • @thatonejohn
      @thatonejohn Před 12 dny

      That's not a new idea, I have a Bump's New Model from 1910. Cuts a slot and a flap and then folds the flap into the slot, it works pretty well.

    • @gramateur5776
      @gramateur5776 Před 8 dny

      @@thatonejohnwho said it was new?

  • @thompsonsj64
    @thompsonsj64 Před 10 dny +1

    As a DND player and DM knowing about saddle staplers and thick stack staplers is going to improve making resources/props

  • @BH.22.
    @BH.22. Před 12 dny

    For me the best stapler of all time: The old Novus 53 (B6).
    Elegant design, beautiful mechanics, solid build, quality “Made in Germany” and a built-in stapler drawer. Whenever you can get your hands on one, buy it. It's the holy grail of staplers. ;-)

  • @derpin3576
    @derpin3576 Před 12 dny +1

    This is just him talking about staplers and I'm so here for it. No one else-no one else can just grab my attention like this and have me stay for the entirety of it, other then Adam...

  • @gstein123
    @gstein123 Před 9 dny

    Ohh Adam, your stapler journey is just beginning. I was a boy once and came across a stapler called the . It has a unique feature of stapling your paper with the push of one finger, what they don't tell you is that it can launch a staple across the room at lightning speed. I found mine from when I was a kid and remember modifying it so that the magazine dosen't open every time you go into nerf mode.

  • @ronwade2206
    @ronwade2206 Před 12 dny +4

    Industrial staplers for upholstery and round top staples for cable TV antenna cables. I had a bunch of staplers😊

  • @capttom144
    @capttom144 Před 12 dny +2

    That reminds me of back in the days when I wanted to make my own Comics (probably was around 10 then) and all I had were two "normal" cheap staplers - so I had to align them spot on each other so the one underneath the papers would bend the staple that came from the one above.. And after a few tries I figured it out! 👍

  • @ericthompson3982
    @ericthompson3982 Před 12 dny +2

    The amount of excessively nerdy analysis of staplers here is like a balm to my soul. I used to have an adjustable depth heavy-duty Bostitch (one of the many lovely tools I lost in a house fire) that I had a very serious love/hate relationship with.

  • @Wanton110
    @Wanton110 Před 12 dny +2

    I picked up this auto stapler folder.. thing.. machine several years ago because the stationery shop was throwing it out.. You basically put a booklet or whatever on a tray, press a button and it gets pulled in to a spacer, stapled and then pushed down through a chute folding it in half.. Used it for a charity I used to volunteer for (it ran out of money over covid and shutdown) so not used it much for personal stuff but when I want to use something really excessive on a tiny project it's always fun to break out

  • @donaldtyree3618
    @donaldtyree3618 Před 12 dny

    I once had a stapler, I believe it was a swingline, that had an adjustable anvil. The one drove the staple in, the other drove the staple out. I believe the staple out was for book binders so the staples were more easily removed, but a little more hazardous. Love you and your approach to the universe ❤

  • @PeaceLoveHonor
    @PeaceLoveHonor Před 10 dny +1

    Bad wrists + normal staplers = ouch! But Staples (the company) won me over as the first place I found a stapler that assists your pressure, and for up to 20 sheets only a light squeeze is needed and no ouch. ❤

  • @nornironlad8472
    @nornironlad8472 Před 12 dny +2

    Word of warning, a 'heavy duty' stapler we had in the office had an arm where the last third of the arm was plastic. It failed at that point within a couple of years of modest use. It's all metal predecessor lasted literally decades before the internals gave up.

  • @robbieward7026
    @robbieward7026 Před 12 dny

    Just another reason it ALWAYS pays to watch daily! I need to research to see if there is one made that acts as a combination on the swingline and blue one. I resell on ebay as a hobby and the amount of times I wished I had the aforementioned, combination stapler is in the 100's for sure.
    Thanks for always being an inspiration! ✌🖖

  • @Francois_L_7933
    @Francois_L_7933 Před 12 dny

    I have a few staplers that you would go bunkers over. First is a traditional long-reach stapler. The second is a spring-loaded stapler. These ones are super easy to use, especially when you have to drive a lot of staples; but they don't allow stacking staples close together (or at least mine doesn't). But the most fun is a staple-less stapler. While it only works with small number of sheets (up to 4), it punches a tongue in the sheets, folds them and locks them together automatically. Quite fantastic to see.

  • @zonedereve
    @zonedereve Před dnem

    My two favorite staplers are 1) a stapler that uses a spool of wire instead of individual staplers 2) a "demitasse" stapler that is a tiny travel pocket stapler but it doesn't use mini #10 staples, it uses regular size staples 1/4" staples that are held in place with a magnet

  • @joannaguesno1395
    @joannaguesno1395 Před 12 dny

    I do the supply ordering at work. The compact Bostitch 1/2 strip staplers are amazing. They are heavy duty & can do 40 sheets. Very powerful for a tiny stapler. Most of us have switched to just using those. Highly recommend

  • @PanPanOB
    @PanPanOB Před 12 dny +2

    I have fond memories of using the glass paste jars in elementary school with the rubber end and getting so messy. The fun of creating and being a kid

  • @tinman5322
    @tinman5322 Před 11 dny

    I have a Japanese "stapleless" stapler. Branded as "Chadwick". It "staples" paper together using only the paper you're attaching. I'll be forever proud if I have a tool that Adam doesn't!

  • @donaldevans5752
    @donaldevans5752 Před 12 dny +2

    Adam makes any subject interesting , Brilliant just Brilliant .

  • @libertarian1637
    @libertarian1637 Před 12 dny

    I bought a heavy duty stapler 20+ years ago long with a box of staples for a job; I didn’t use it much but over 20 years latter I still have a mostly full box of staples. I don’t use it much but when I need it it’s a great thing to have.

  • @jonathanjuillerat2115
    @jonathanjuillerat2115 Před 12 dny

    Great episode! Every shop should have at least one Swedish Isaberg Rapid Classic 1 stapler in it. So durable and so satisfying to use. It will become your default go-to general stapler. Next time you're in a florist you'll definitely see one. They've been onto them for a long time!

  • @thomasbarrett2812
    @thomasbarrett2812 Před 12 dny

    I really enjoy your videos. Listening to you talk about your talents and experience with enthusiasm is very calming. Thank you.

  • @MrChief101
    @MrChief101 Před 12 dny

    Hand-grip "bag" closure stapler. Love 'em; only drawback is special staple. Bus, a box has, so far, been a lifetime supply.

  • @dearmash
    @dearmash Před 11 dny

    A stapler that i keep handy always is a bostich p3 plier stapler. I originally needed it to staple a whole bunch of cups together for an art project. It was the only one that could fit in the narrow space, and at awkward angles. It also turns out to be super ergonomic to actually use.

  • @josephhall5136
    @josephhall5136 Před 12 dny

    The only person on earth who can make a stapler. There is nothing he can talk about that won't get my wholehearted attention.

  • @davidwilliams1060
    @davidwilliams1060 Před 12 dny

    Apparently as a small child I told adults that my favorite “toy” was a stapler. Still love them. Thanks.

  • @peterzerfass4609
    @peterzerfass4609 Před 12 dny

    Many people don't know that most staplers have a setting so that it pushes the legs of the staple outward instead of inward (usually by pulling the guide up - it's on a spring - and rotating it 180 degrees). This is useful if you want to attach sheets of paper non-permanently.

  • @mayflowerlash11
    @mayflowerlash11 Před 12 dny

    Adam has the knack of making the mundane seem fascinating. A rare and under appreciated talent.
    Speaking of staplers, years ago I purchased a Rapid Classic 1. It is operated by a scissor grip like pliers or secateurs. It is chrome plated but the staple tray is rusting slightly. Stamped in the flat metal on one side in tiny font are the words "Made in Sweden", almost too small to read.
    On the other side, in case you missed the message on the first side, is stamped in the same sized font the words, "designed and manufactured by Isaberg Rapid AB Hestra Sweden".
    I an intrigued by how this item like many other mechanical items come across our path in life and then disappear into the fog of history. It speaks of the ingenuity of man, and like Adam's "stapler collection" is worth preserving into the future.

  • @kathrynmoore4071
    @kathrynmoore4071 Před 12 dny

    I’d like to thank you for all the hard work you and your team do to bring us such great content. And give you a special thanks because my Mom who is 84yrs old and deals with a lot of pain from an accident, when I see that she’s getting down and the pain to much, I put one of your videos on a smile comes across her face and she says “it’s my favorite little man!” She’s waits to see you run your hands thru your hand and when it stands up, she giggles and lights up. And for however long the video is it takes her mind off what she’s feeling and can just focus on the video(her favorites are the Crown Jewels, we’ve watched repeatedly). So thank you so much!! I’m glad she loves the channel as much as I do, and gives her a brief getaway.

  • @brainkrieg1423
    @brainkrieg1423 Před 9 dny

    My shop has hammer-staplers for attaching plastic wrap to pallets, the action of swinging the hammer provides the force to drive the staple in. I wish I had an excuse to use one, they look so cool.

  • @ArcaneWolf9
    @ArcaneWolf9 Před 12 dny

    Hands free staplers are also great, activated by pressing the paper against the back. If you have batches of paperwork for a meeting, you can feed each stack in, slide it to the side and get three quick staples to form a quick binding. Another are 'staplers' that don't use metal staples at all, but punch and fold a small pattern of the paper itself, securing the sheaf. Saves the annoyance of removing the staple when shredding or disposing of the documents. Both are quite common here in Japan.

  • @HRConsultant_Jeff
    @HRConsultant_Jeff Před 12 dny +1

    I think after paste, my next level was those brass brads that had 2 flat legs and you would push them through a hole (also one of the first mechanicals i used) and then you would split the legs apart on the other side. They were also built in to a lot of the paper folders I used.

  • @MROC66
    @MROC66 Před 12 dny

    I've never seen anyone get so excited about staplers. and I'm here for it!

  • @officialsqeek
    @officialsqeek Před 12 dny

    The trusty stapler is the first mechanical device that I pulled apart to work out how it functions when I was a wee lad. That process was the catalyst of my ever growing lust to tinker with devices and understand their workings.

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety Před 12 dny

    That B-roll at the end saved the day. Prior to that I was thrilled by Adam’s enthusiasm yet baffled by the blue stapler. 😂

  • @viceice
    @viceice Před 12 dny +2

    You should also check out the Align Detachable Stapler

  • @user-vq4ts1qs2w
    @user-vq4ts1qs2w Před 12 dny

    Still using my 1940's Swingline Desktop stapler. Found it at an estate sale about 20 years ago brand new in the factory box. Also have an electric stapler I found in the trash at work. It wasn't working so I took it apart and removed a bent staple. Painted it Pitty Tink so if someone took it would be easy to find. Brought it home with me when I retired, it is now my garage stapler.

  • @sabo4357
    @sabo4357 Před 12 dny

    My two Favorite Staplers - Must Used when I had to Staple alot at work was the "Whale" Plier Style Stapler like the Uline H-704 - and a Staple-Free Stapler that does not use Staples and just punched and folded the Paper only works for a few pages but never ran out :)

  • @TheWibbo
    @TheWibbo Před 12 dny +4

    As a movie buff i would have guessed you had a RED swingline

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Před 12 dny +1

      I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.

  • @britishbulldog8966
    @britishbulldog8966 Před 12 dny +1

    Call it the ‘Shoulda, Coulda, Wouda’ demerit badge collection. Cheers.

  • @calvinsmith8727
    @calvinsmith8727 Před 10 dny

    The Bostitch heavy duty staplers (preferably with bayonet) are awesome for putting cardboard together!!

  • @ChefSarah4104
    @ChefSarah4104 Před 12 dny

    There are 2 of the heavy duty Swingline staplers in the office of my kids' elementary school (I volunteer there almost daily) and they're great! So helpful for putting together packets

  • @chrisserenahart8033
    @chrisserenahart8033 Před 12 dny

    I think the name for all 3 demerit badge packs should be “Demerit Mastery Pack” as it shows excellent commitment and dedication to craft.

  • @dnwheeler
    @dnwheeler Před 12 dny

    I have two other variations of a normal stapler. On one, the lower guide has another position that pushes the ends of the staple outwards instead of in (allows for easier removal). The other is a "flat cinch" stapler that bends the ends in but leaves them flat against the bottom surface rather than curving them in - this prevents them from poking back through the material and also results in a lower-profile staple. The flat cinch stapler is a favorite for coin collectors to staple cardboard coin holders.

  • @dinxsy8069
    @dinxsy8069 Před 12 dny

    I remember my first stapler, my mother buying it at a car boot sale along with the memory of a staple being stuck in my finger hah, ouch. Now i enjoy re-binding magazines, booklets, comics anything that needs it because rusty staples, pulled staples. Loop binding, putting protective covers on front and back then to look at the item come back to life, to last another 30 years, magical.

  • @Kitteh.B
    @Kitteh.B Před 11 dny

    We have a Swingline 67 Electric at work that's just AMAZING for doing stuff in bulk. Automatic stapler, baby! I LOVE it and wanna get one for the house, but haven't because I might staple stuff once a month at home if I'm lucky. Most of my work is digital these days.
    We've also got an old Bostitch Textron FHFS, meant for doing catalog spine staples. It's got a 1/3HP AC motor! Not exactly a home DIY solution but it'll staple anything you put on it lmao

  • @Spaceisprettybig
    @Spaceisprettybig Před 12 dny

    Who would have thought that a show revolving around the concept of "Behold, my stuff" would actually be so compelling?

  • @leemarsh3569
    @leemarsh3569 Před 12 dny

    Adam is like a magician, he shows a tool new to me and suddenly I find one appears in my workshop!! I didn’t know I needed different staplers 😊😊

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous Před 9 dny

    Sometimes this channel is like Grand Illusions but with mostly tools and I love that.

  • @thiadesg
    @thiadesg Před 12 dny

    I used to spend hours as a young kid "making books" with a stapler, so this video hit a cord with me. Glad to know I wasn't the only one who did this!

  • @zachmoyer1849
    @zachmoyer1849 Před 12 dny

    i used to collect stapler removers they were always super well made for such a simple task lol And the had all kinds of designs back in the day idk why but i found them to be such a cool little device.

  • @nooiewiener5069
    @nooiewiener5069 Před 12 dny +1

    Adam needs to try a B-8 box stapler. Standard equipment in a floral shop.

  • @edd17sp74
    @edd17sp74 Před 12 dny

    I just watched the video about Adam’s favorite pencil, and now I’m watching him show off his stapler collection.
    I don’t think there’s anyone else on earth I could listen to talk about office supplies for so long 😂

  • @sklikizos
    @sklikizos Před 10 dny

    In addition to the brochure stapler you can get a more generalized long reach stapler (mine has a 12-inch reach). The blue one Adam showed does allow for a bit of extension, but it's much more limited when compared with the long reach. It doesn't have the easy to use brochure plate but with care can be used to produce the same saddle placement, or some otherwise difficult to access placement.

  • @patrickrose1764
    @patrickrose1764 Před 12 dny

    Hey Adam . It's ok to Adamsplain about staplers. Tools . ect ...
    . Heck that's part of the reason I watch . 😊 have a great day sir ..

  • @CharlesGriswold
    @CharlesGriswold Před 12 dny

    One great thing about normal office staplers is that if kids do manage to staple themselves, they don't usually cause much damage. I believe I've managed to get stapled a couple of times.

  • @coolguyhino92
    @coolguyhino92 Před 11 dny

    lol.
    I love Adam
    He fully realized that the pivot stapler did NOTHING that the normal one couldn't(even bringing out a template to staple to show said rotating abilities), and did a very poor job of _demonstrating_ its uniqueness.
    And his fluster at that realization is endearing to me.
    He knows it was a bad example.
    But he just REALLY wanted to egregiously appreciate/show off the lovingly designed/put together paper-puppet that his colleague made.
    "To hell with my point. LOOK AT THIS COOL FUCKING PAPER PUPPET MY FRIEND DESIGNED!! XD"
    (but he just couldn't fully commit to articulating it)
    Adam is one of my favorite people.
    Period.

  • @durangodave
    @durangodave Před 12 dny

    no prep before the video 😂🤣😂 im thinking adam woke up at 2am with nothing to do and made a video. Funny and nerdy, awesome..

  • @thedomesticfox717
    @thedomesticfox717 Před 12 dny

    Oooh - good topic. A plier stapler would be a good addition. I use it so much more than I thought I would. I have a mini plier stapler too - with the half size staples.

  • @srussert28
    @srussert28 Před 12 dny

    I missed buying a stapler.
    It was a much older variety...It used long coiled wire and with the normal Cha-chunk
    Would cut the wire and staple the pages. About 15 years later I STILL wish I had bought that

  • @derstrom8
    @derstrom8 Před 12 dny

    TIL that the "Saddle Stapler" is something that exists (though looking back, I obviously knew that documents could be stapled in such a fashion). Fascinating!

  • @spookmineer
    @spookmineer Před 12 dny

    "Plus you can do this" that feature alone is enough to get one.

  • @dmurphine
    @dmurphine Před 12 dny

    Not so much for crafts but my favorite stapler will always be the one I don't have to push ... automatic electric staplers are the bomb for office work where you may have to staple multiple copies of an agenda to hand out.

  • @DansAm76
    @DansAm76 Před 12 dny

    I'm a huge fan of my speed products swingline speed stapler done up from the factory in army green. It was made in new York and I'm guessing it's a 40's stapler. I use it every day at work, and many have made note of how cool it is. It also is very strong and can go through more pages than any other stapler ive owned. Picked it up on Evay for less than a new plastic disposable ones.

  • @schmojo33
    @schmojo33 Před 12 dny

    I like to keep a set of large note pads, writing utensils, notecards, etc. contained all in an Saunder's aluminum clipboard and in it I also keep a Midori compact stapler that is about the size of a pair of nail clippers. It serves well enough to staple a handful of papers together. I grab the clipboard and have everything I need to write on, write with, mark, highlight, clip, note, and staple while on the go.

  • @richardfrostell9395
    @richardfrostell9395 Před 11 dny +1

    I have one stapler. It's a red all metal swingline. Spring for the upgrade.