

I'm curious to hear others' input as well. Of course one complete tied together system would be nice but I don't think it would fit in my budget. If I could find a good small collator (prefer 10-12 bins), a good stitcher, and a machine to fold the whole book and trim it out I think I would be happy. Also I have a very small buget for this purchase and also a small footprint is important as I am running out of room in my shop. Anyway, I really don't know what I need, but I would like to know which are good machines and which to stay away from.

Was a little faster, but I should have scored the cover first. I collated the pages first, stapled them, then folded the whole book, then trimmed. The last one I did I use the same principle as a bookletmaker. Normall I would fold the job, nest the pages, staple, and then trim. Even just a good collator and stitcher would be good. I have trade binders that can do them for me, but for smaller jobs I do them by hand quicker that I can drive to the TB and back. I just want to be able to do short run book jobs (up to 1000) in house with out the hand work. I am really not sure what I want or need.
