I have two favorite binding machines. They are very, very different from one another...both are just cool!
The first is the Zutter Bind-It-All.
This machine punches the holes & binds your books. It punches through paper, chipboard, acrylic, cd's, metal...really, if you can get it in the slot, it will likely punch it. Then you slip the O wires into the holes & put it into the front of the machine & it uniformly closes the wires. The Zutter Bind-It-All is great for those of you that make lots of mini books & calendars.
My other favorite binding machine is the Unibind Photobook Creator.
Unibind is the company that makes the albums you order pre-done from on line mass market retailers. Now you can make them yourself...at home...in a little under 3 minutes. The covers are sold individually, so you can pick the cover that fits your project. They are made of sturdy book cloth & have steel spines that are filled with resin. Insert your pages...and here's the best part...you can use your regular scrapbooking papers & pages or create pages digitally to insert into your book. (I have samples of both styles at the store that I made for you to see). Ok, so you inserted your pages into the spine & then you set the spine in this machine. The light turns red. About 90 seconds later, the light turns green & you pull your book out. Give it a minute to cool & your book is done! The resin can be re-heated so you can add/remove pages. And when the resin is cooled, you can pull on the pages & they won't come out. Seriously, this thing is cool!
We have both machines in stock. Stop by for a quick demo today! These machines are SO cool!
Consistantly, today, I have to go with Basic Grey.