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Staple Gun
| ToolInfoBox Staple Gun | |
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| Synonyms: | DE: Handtacker, Nagler |
| Type: | hand tool |
| Material: | wood, soft sheet materials (e.g. paper or fabric) |
| Location: | Handheld Wood Tool Wall |
A manual staple gun drives staples straight into a substrate without folding them, and is therefore not limited to a certain thickness of the wood you attach your sheet material to. Use it where small nails would work, but you want to be faster... Uses type 53 staples of length 6-14 mm.
Office Staplers
| ToolInfoBox Office Staplers | |
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| Synonyms: | DE: Heftgerät, "Tacker" |
| Type: | office hand tool |
| Material: | paper |
| Location: | Common Room, Office |
Office staplers are most commonly used to bind stacks of paper with staples that are driven through by punching the lever and bent around by a small "anvil" on the tool's foot.
