kemilie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I must not be using the right search terms, because I can't easily find a good answer to this question either in the forums or online in general! I just bought a Proclick and am looking at buying spiral coils to use with it. I know that with the proclick spines I can do up to 110 pages, but can I buy larger coils to thread in myself and then do larger books? What's the largest any of you have done as one book? And on a related note, do you just use the 4:1 pitch even though the Proclick is a 3:1? I've read that for big books you need a 2:1 machine or a machine that can do 3:1 or 2:1 - but the cheapest one I see that does both is $600 something - a BIT more than the Proclick. :) Asking because it would be nice to have some manuals which are maybe 250 pages all as one spiral bound book and wondering if I can do that? Thanks so much for your input!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 This page has a coil sizing guide for the 3:1 pitch spiral coils that fit Proclick machines: http://www.mybinding.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/2023/3-1-Pitch-Spiral-Coil-Binding-Supplies Looks like the 28mm or 30mm would work for you. The problem is that you have to buy a case of 100, which is about $50 for that size. It is hard to find 3:1 pitch coils. You could check Ebay and see if anyone has them in smaller amounts, but when I've checked in the past, MyBinding.com has always been the best deal I could find. I've seen one other place that has good deals when it has overruns, but I can't remember where that was. I know it was linked from WTM before, so searching proclick threads here might turn it up. (note that I haven't used regular coils with my Proclick punched paper, as I got a gazillion Proclick spines super cheap on clearance last year and now have enough to last a lifetime - otherwise, I was originally planning to get some regular coils, since they're normally cheaper than Proclick) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemilie Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 Thanks for the page link, very helpful. I appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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