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Post by TinMan on Sept 4, 2014 1:38:03 GMT
Has anybody tried trimming Harris Album pages and punching them to fit a three D ring binder? If you have tried it. Do you have any advice as I am considering doing this. The pages are 9x12 now and I'll be trimming them to 81/2 x 11 inches. A standard size.
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Sept 4, 2014 5:22:24 GMT
I don't have specific experience with what you're looking at, but I do have a couple of comments about trimming. First, if you haven't yet bought the paper trimmer, there are two main common types - the older style with a pivoting handle / blade that shears the paper, and a newer style with a rotating knife disc that turns as you make the cut. I have an old loose-leaf precancel catalogue that didn't fit the small binders used for most of the Precancel Stamp Society catalogues, so I trimmed and punched the pages to fit. I bought the rotating disc trimmer only because the stationery store didn't happen to have any of the shear type in stock. The shear type is likely much more expensive, but I wish I would have waited or searched some more to find a shear, because I don't like the more ragged edge created by the disc type. We have a big heavy shear at the shop where I work - I should have just taken that home with me one night!
Also, you will need to decide where you will trim the paper. If the margins from the stamp edge to the paper edge are big enough, I would trim the paper off the outside edge if possible. Trimming off the inside edge (where the ring holes are) will put the stamp closer to the rings and make them more prone to bending & damage (or popping the hinge or mount off the page) as the pages are turned.
Ryan
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 4, 2014 11:09:53 GMT
If you have any print shops in your area, they might be able to uniformly cut and punch the pages for you.
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Post by TinMan on Sept 4, 2014 14:44:19 GMT
I have the older office type paper cutter with the one arm that shears the whole page. I also have the three hole sheet paper punch. Ryan I really appreciate your thought about keeping the holes as far away from the stamps as possible. That I will examine very carefully. I plan to purchase the three D ring binders from Walmart. I plan to go from one Volume to two volumes. I have the American Heirloom Collection for my U.S. Stamps and I have expanded it to five volumes and plan to add two more volumes soon. Making it a seven volume set. When the albums get two many stamps in them. They tend to damage the albums from the weight and crowd the stamps.
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Post by TinMan on Sept 30, 2014 14:26:15 GMT
I am happy to announce Trimming the pages was a success. I only had to trim the top and bottom of the pages. I trimmed them equally to get them to fit in a three hole office punch that I already had using an office page cutter that I also have. I never would have tried this task using a single hole punch. I was able to save all of the page borders by trimming the page equally at the top and the bottom of the page to fit in an office three hole paper punch which I also have. The binders cost me under $5 each from Walmart's. If anyone is wanting to do this I will be happy to give them some advice that I learned.
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