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By James Ian Hill
Do you like to bind your own recipe books, manuals, presentations, reports and other books. Many people find coil binding to be one of the most fun and most functional binding formats available. One solid coil binding machine that you may want to consider using for your own bookbinding operations is the Tamerica TCC-SP41. I have used this machine and would like to give you an overview on what I think of it.
Tamerica is a leading manufacturer of office equipment in the United States. Their lineup of office equipment entails binding machines, paper cutters, laminators and other specialized office machinery. Tamerica products have always been considered a good budget alternative to other machines such as those made by Akiles. Tamerica machines are affordable and typically come packed with features.
The Tamerica TCC-SP41 is a 4:1 pitch coil binding machine. The pitch, also referred to as the hole pattern, determines how many holes per inch the paper punch will create. A 4:1 pitch machine punches four holes per inch of paper. This ends up being about 44 holes along the 11″ side of a sheet of paper. While the TCC-SP41 easily handles letter-size paper, it can also be used with paper up to 14″ long, A4 paper, B5 paper and custom paper sizes. The 4:1 pitch binding pattern is the most common used in coil binding. The other available pitch in coil binding is 5:1, which is five holes per inch. The 4:1 pitch is popular because it binds up to 1 1/4″ of paper at a time.
One of the features that makes binding custom paper sizes a possibility is the selectable punching pins included with this machine. A total of 53 punching pins can each be individually disabled or enabled, depending on the size of the paper you are binding. This means you can punch an 8 1/2″ long sheet of paper without worrying about a half-punched hole. The TCC-SP41 can also be used to punch through card stock, clear covers and more.
The TCC-SP41 can punch through up to 20 sheets of paper, which is impressive for a manual punch machine. The long handle is leveraged in such a way that punching 20 sheets of paper doesn’t require a lot of effort. High-quality hollow ground dies also help assist in the punching process. Hollow dies, because there is less surface area, slices through paper. Punched “chad” falls into a waste collection tray for later emptying.
Overall this is a solid machine. The only downside is that it does not include an electric coil inserter. Coils have to be manually inserted by hand. To compensate for this, and to make manual coil insertion easier, the TCC-SP41 comes with a concealed pop-up coil insertion table. This helps you to guide coils through the punched holes.
I would consider the TCC-SP41 to be an entry-level machine. While the build quality is excellent, the lack of an electric coil inserter will slow down the binding process. This machine is probably best used for binding a few dozen books a day, making it ideal for small business use. You will find the Tamerica TCC-SP41 at ABCOffice.com.
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. James I. Hill has over a decade of experience working with book binding machines, laminators, paper shredders and other office equipment.
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