Do you have your own comb-binding machine? Or do you have your books bound at an office supply store? I've been downloading alot of e-books recently and printing them out. Rather than 3-hole punching and putting them in binders, I'd love to have a comb-binding machine. If you have your own, what kind is it? where did you get it? and what did you pay for it? The nearest office supply stores are all over a 1/2 hour away, so I was just curious. Thanks,
I bought ours from Viking Office Supplies (Now it is Office Depot I think). I love it. I used one all the time when I taught K. THey're not too expensive and the combs are very inexpensive as well. Many office supply places will ship to you for free if you have an order of $40 or $50 too. I ordered ours online.
Thanks for the info, Missy. How many pages can yours bind? I have some books here to be bound that are over 100 pages, so I need a bit of a heavier-duty one. I will go searching. Thanks~
Wow Heidi that is neat I would of never of thought of doing that with books. Where do you can all the e books to down load any good site. Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy the book then download it with the ink and then the binder? I don't know just asking? Don't throw any tomatoes my way please!
Heidi, I do not have my own machine. I like the spiral binding TONS better than the comb binding. At Office Max/Copy Max they only charge around $5 to bind it and that includes everything inlcuding the front and back cover. I thought about getting a binding machine but...I'd have to bind A LOT to recover the cost. This way I can drop it off and then just pick it up. :wink:
Oh, I see! That's what you meant when talking about the science book! Now I understand! I've punched holes in some of my books and put them in a notebook. Spiral would be much easier.
Heidi... My machine can bind a very large book (not sure exactly how many pages). You have to buy the combs that are appropriate. I have some tiny ones for kid's books and on up to very large ones for teacher resource books and such. My dh can use it with his own business (putting together business plans and such) so I feel like it's been worth the money.
bookshelf space is always a hot commodity so...to have it spiral bound is great. It opens easier for use and besides...when you are done with it and want to sell it off - it is bound for the next person. :wink:
Yes, I am really thinking that I need to get one of them! Thanks for the advice, everyone! Kris~ In answer to your question...... I get alot of my e-books from Homeschool E-store (I had shared the link on the websites forum a while back). They have some great prices, and they always have a new book each week available for FREE! I've gotten a Spanish curriculum, a geography curriculum, and several other things free. My husband is allowed to print them at his work, and he only has to pay for the paper (we buy tons of it anyway, so it really doesn't cost us much). So, if I had my own binder machine, I'd be able to bind the books. And, really, it wouldn't cost all that much at all! You should check out the website- go to the favorite websites and use the link I had posted to it.
Heidi thanks alot... I went and looked at the web site thanks for sharing. I see you have to pay to download the books too. Not a bad price though. Thanks again.
Guess what! The lady I'm talking with about the science I want to buy had spiral-bound some of those for "easier copying", LOL! And this morning, it occured to me that that would be WONDERFUL for "Mystery of History". There's all these maps that need copying, some of them again and again, plus the quizzes and tests. You guys are brilliant!!!
Jackie~ I was thinking the same thing about Mystery of History. I have a list made up of all the copies I will need of various pages, and thought how much easier it would be if the book would lay open flat. A book of that size, though, would require a bigger binding machine than the one I'm looking at. It crossed my mind to split it up into 4 mini-volumes (one for each quarter section of lessons). That would make ease of copying so much better!
