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save up your used staples by feeding them into the hopper of this hand-held device and they will stack up neatly as they fall.
When the hopper is full, a smart smack on the other end will glue, bend and deliver a row of shiny new staples ready for use.
Another way.
http://www.google.c...wBA&biw=994&bih=768
[mouseposture, Nov 17 2010]
Here's a way to get more use out of them
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[normzone, Nov 17 2010]
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Used staples suffer from metal fatigue, so I'm not sure they can be reused. To recycle the metal, your device would have to contain a mini-forge and something to roll out the molten metal into a sheet and then press staples out of it. |
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[+] I would give it a go! Oftentimes staples just fall out and are not even bent. I also use them for putting up bulletin boards, so those don't bend like putting them into paper. [hippo] is right about staples that have been totally bent in half. |
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//a mini-forge and something to roll out the molten metal
into a sheet and then press staples out of it// [+] |
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More seriously: staples aren't manufactured to such
precise
tolerances that they're guaranteed to fail after exactly one
use. Some will fail after 2, some after 3, & so on. If the
device can recognize & discard failures, and if the stapler
can
tolerate occasional failures (which, obviously, it can and
does) then metal fatigue should be no problem. |
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Or you can recycle staples this way: <link> |
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I like this as an emblem for laborious and ultimately pointless recycling efforts - like capturing shower water in a basin as the shower warms up and bringing it outside to water plants. |
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At least that gives the second assistant under-gardener something to do on cold mornings. |
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Not on my estate. She has to warm up the second assistant
gardener. |
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would that be you by any chance? |
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If he doesn't answer, try a smart smack on the other end. |
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