How I Spiral Bind My Books~TruBind Coil Binding Machine~Small Office/Homeschool~Kneady Homesteader

This is just how I coil bind/spiral bind my books. My husband bought this machine for me for Christmas from the kids and I have been playing with it every day since!
Listed below are as many items as I could remember to post links for. Sorry if I am forgetting any. :)
TruBind Coil-Binding Machine - With Electric Coil Inserter and Foot Pedal - TB-S20AP - Professionally Bind Books and Documents - Home or Office Use - Adjustable Hole Punching and Paper Sizes (new link added)
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TruBind 13-mm (1/2-inch) Binding Coils - COIL13 - Durable - 4:1 Pitch
amzn.to/2W5G6Gb
Fiskars 196920-1001 Portable Scrapbooking Trimmer, 12 Inch
amzn.to/2U49URE
AmazonBasics Thermal Laminator
amzn.to/2RZigwq
BEST Laminating Pouches:
amzn.to/2W5B78j

[@jmsva6914]

Hi Heather, Don't apologize for the length of the video. Having you beside me guiding me through taking a book apart and then spiral binding it is great!!

[@mariaguadagno9483]

You are a Proverbs 31 woman!!!!!!! Bless your heart for sharing so many things with us! Have a great week!

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

I am very humbled by that. Thank you. GOD is so good ❤️

[@matildarei]

I have coil-bound literally dozens of books using this technique. Yours is the only one I have found so far that shows how to cut a glue-bound spine off a book and turn it into a coil-bound book. I usually divide my pages down to stacks of about 10-15 pages and use a straight-edge and a utility knife to cut the glue binding off. It makes it a little faster. I appreciate this video so much!! Thank you!! 💕

[@Fantasia5417]

Excellent demonstration. Thank you very much! I used this method to coil-bind my piano books, so now they lay flat for me!

[@abbottsgrl7315]

Just ordered my binder! I had planned on taking all my teacher guide books (homeschool mom here) to our local UPS store, but since the world is currently in chaos I was looking into how to do it on my own and found myself here. Thanks for sharing such a detailed video! Great job!

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

you are going to LOVE it!!!! I use it all the time in our homeschool room!

[@LynnePedigoRidayReiter]

As of December 2022 we checked and Office Max nor Staples provided the spiral binding service anymore, at least in the Nashville area. so good to know alternatives

[@lisawoods9391]

Great!! Now I have to go buy new toys to play with! lol I LOVE this idea, Heather! I go through so much annoying, and yes, phone putting, BOOK putting, on the pages to keep them open! lol. . This is a MUCH better idea! You always have such great idea's for saving time, AND money, and I SO SO SO appreciate you!

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

😆👏🏻 i am so sorry but not sorry! you will love this thing!!!!!!

[@lisawoods9391]

@@TheKneadyHomesteader lol. . I can see you are SO sorry! I'll let you know when I actually DO get them!

[@bettypierce8050]

Thanks for info. I have a binder machine and a laminator that I have never used. I am praying for you and the littles. God bless you.

[@frostybuttercupsllc]

This was so helpful. Thank you. I started homeschooling my daughter and haven’t touched my spiraling machine because it intimidated me. lol. Feel much better now that I’ve seen this. 🥰

[@sovacoolfamily2946]

Thank you for the tutorial! I watched the same videos you did on my quest for knowledge to learn how to modify a glue bound book to a spiral bound book. The only recommendation I would add wold be to us a hair drier or heat gun to melt the glue without having to use a knife to cut the pages.

[@quanyintv]

Ever since I worked at Kinko's in college I do this to all of my books and magazines that I plan on keeping.

[@davidbenefiel9289]

Good suggestion to disassemble books and convert to a spiral bound for easier use as a flat book, such as a cook book.Bravo.

[@DebadooCreates]

I am a demonstrator with stampin up which teaches card-making and scrapbooking etcetera with rubber and photopolymer stamps. Every year I would take my catalog to OfficeMax and have the covers laminated and have it spiral-bound. I don't have a need for the machine but I wanted to tell you about a product because I cut a lot of cardstock. I started out with a trimmer like you're using, but was constantly buying new blades for it, and that got old very quickly. I'm putting the link in here to a guillotine cutter that has self sharpening blades. Tonic makes this and Tim Holtz has branded it now. I got mine many years ago when stampin Up was partnered with them so they branded it with the stampin up logo. You may find it another place where it's a little more price but less shipping if you're interested in it you can kind of look around just Google the Tim Holtz 12-inch guillotine cutter. But you'll never need to buy another blade and it really doesn't take up any more room than what you're using it's just thicker than the Fiskars. It has a detachable arm that stores under the trimmer which just snaps into place. This allows you to measure from the left side of your document since we're the guillotine you can't measure to the right like you're doing with the Fiskars you're using the hash marks on the right side of the cut line. But it's easy peasy to measure from the left it's just a matter of getting used to it. I get you may not be interested in it but with cutting all the laminating in the coated paper if you're going through a lot of blades to get a clean cut you may want to look into a guillotine. Plus I can cut three pieces of heavyweight cardstock at one time with it so for just coated paper from a book you could probably cut five or six pages cleanly at a time www.craftstash.us/checkout/cart/

[@chrisb5391]

This is a great video! I know that I don't do enough books with a spiral but I did do all of my canning books when Staples had a special promotion for less than 2.00 a book. It was a wonderful thing. I have also tabbed out my cooking and canning books with colorful tabs from Walmart. It save you from thumbing through your books. I do this by chapters. I starting tabbing books when I was in college. 'Since I have doing Cyber school with my granddaughter, I have tabbed some of her chapter books. It keeps her from being overwhelmed by the number a pages to novels, Thanks again for sharing. Peace and blessings.

[@sarahcontento9516]

I never thought to make my soft cover books inti spiral books. I love it and am so glad you made this video. You always make my day sunnier.

[@grtgma4169]

Even though i will not be using this proceedure ever, i must say it has been very educational to watch. Your step by step teaching should benefit those who will. Very informative and very well put together teaching video.Two humbs up Heather. 🙂

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

thank you so much!

[@sharmeebradbury3263]

This is so amazing, I always thought I had to go and get it done..you rock Heather!!

[@rosemarypetrongelli1384]

Hi Heather, what a great idea to put spirals on books that you use frequently, especially cookbooks or canning. It is a game changer, so convenient and less anxiety to hold the pages in place or accidentally losing the page. Wow what a beautiful machine Heather. It was fun learning how you do it. Great

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

i have ruined so many books from having to reopen them and find my page with wet hands in the middle of a recipe! lol

[@MooseJawKim]

I have wondered about how to do that for years. Now I know! Thank you so much for your great tutorial and good tips!

[@svonnestickley6311]

I wish I could have done like 5 LIKES! I just bought this exact same TruBind Coil Binding Machine. Glad I found your video to give me an instructional video and how to separate a book so I can bind books. Thanks so much!

[@Moore2Lifepantrylovinprepper]

I wish I had hands as steady as yours Heather, you were the absolute boss of that project!

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

hahaha why thank you! LOL xoxo

[@debswanson842]

Heather, I just got back from picking up my Instant Pot Bible and my USDA home Canning book from Office Depot getting them spiralized. i appreciated seeing this and determining if this is something I want to do too. Spiral books are so much better when you need a book laid out FLAT. Thank you so much for doing this combination tutorial (and product review)

[@orlandl.blanchard5423]

Continuing to watch your playlist.

[@honestly8015]

I have this same binder machine and I, too, find this type 'stuff' to be fun. I'd actually not thought of doing my soft bound cookbooks (i use the equipment more for hobby and craft purposes). Thanks so much for the excellent and detailed tutorial. Diane

[@margaretbedwell58]

This was a great tutorial, even though I wouldn't be using this, it would be very easy to follow your steps and have a successfully bound book the first time. You have worked all the kinks out for everyone. Thanks for sharing this, you are a very good teacher. Have a Blessed day. As an after thought,...it would be nice if all recipe books, or instructional books were bound like this to begin with. Sometimes it is just so difficult to prop one open to follow the directions.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

I agree! One of the reasons i love the amish canning cookbook! Its spiral bound!

[@margaretbedwell58]

@@TheKneadyHomesteader I just ordered the laminator based on your recommendation and seeing how easily in works. Thanks for the reference I appreciate it.

[@cherylmiller2272]

That's totally cool! Never seen that done before. Thanks for showing! You did a great job of explaining.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

hahaha thanks Cheryl! It was my Christmas gift from the kiddo's this year! :D

[@bcvahsfam]

This video helped me A LOT! Well done! Thank you so much! :)

[@copperhousefarm4794]

You did an amazing job, Heather. Thanks for doing this video. Very much appreciated.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Thank you so much! 😁❤️

[@SM-xr9rs]

Wonderful, you’re professional, I wish I had a neighbor like you, can help me with my books.

[@SLP8041]

Thank you Heather for showing us how to do this! I have many books that I need to do! ❤️

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Great idea. I put my books in plastic page sheets, then in binders.

[@spacebender]

Very aesthetic and functional result! This will be perfect for my time-travel desk instructions. ;-) Thank you for the excellent tutorial.

[@isabellaagbashe5289]

Thank you ma'am for this tutorial. 😍 from Nigeria!

[@sharonneahring9283]

Oh how fun! I really think I need one of these in my life!!

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Its a game changer! 😂👏🏻

[@rochelleb973]

Wow, I've never seen this done before. Thanks for sharing, it was very interesting. I have a laminator, now I want a binder lol

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Yes girl!!!!!🙌🏻😂❤️

[@GirlGamersable]

I really enjoy these videos, of you showing how you make planner inserts and dashboards or how you make your own recipe books and bind them!! It would be awesome if you made this a series!!

[@jjo5375]

Hi, Heather, Here's a tip I watched the clerks at Staples did to my spiral projects: They have a fingernail clipper that they use for the corners of the laminated covers. Otherwise, those sharp little puppies can catch ya and do a big Ouch! I love getting my books done with spirals! : )

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

you know, i have a corner clipper for scrapbooking but it does NOT like laminated pages and always gets stck. why have I never thought about clippers? you are a genius! hahahaha

[@jjo5375]

@@TheKneadyHomesteader No-No, it wasn't me, Heather. I saw a clerk at Staples using it. Worked pretty cool! : )

[@ThatCrazyCatholicMom]

Ahhhhh. That’s a great idea.

[@sovacoolfamily2946]

Excellent idea!

[@lisag.5337]

Great job! Thank you for showing how to do this! I need to do this for curriculum for our homeschool.😆

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Lisa, you will LOVE this! It has been a game changer for homeschool. I was able to download Levels 1-5 for Language Arts from the good and the beautiful......I plan on just rinting them out and spiral binding them myself to use. Saving me so much money!

[@lisag.5337]

@@TheKneadyHomesteader That's exactly what I want to do! We are also using the same curriculum this year and it has been a blessing to our family to be able to print it off for free. I just want to spiral bound it for the kids, to make it a little extra special. 😆

[@iamtheirishgirl2]

Thank you! Wonderful tutorial. I am so grateful for this tutorial because I have some older cookbooks that I love that I need rebound! 🦋💜

[@matildarei]

Thanks; I wondered how to remove the glue spine. We’re also a homeschooling family and I am tempted by that laminating machine. Thanks again for this video.

[@bettypierce5323]

Oh how I love paper. Great video.

[@gaozhi2007]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but the binding guide is for SHEETS not pages. So, if your book is printed on both sides as most published books are, a 124-page book would actually be 62 sheets.

[@sherbrownsf2]

Thanks for showing this I've been wanting to do it for quite some time and I mean buy the machine. I guess I will now - thanks again. Great job.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

If you do let me know how you like it! 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@oscartc456]

Thanks for doing this video! Love your thorough demonstration. Thanks for sharing !

[@gracefulcat68]

that's pretty nifty to have... never thought about spiral binding... lol.. i probably shouldn't start, think i'd become obsessed

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

😂

[@sharmeebradbury3263]

Ohh I’m going to have to get that laminate machine.... sooo awesome...

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

you will laminate everything! hahaha its addicting!

[@ljohn1999]

I worked in printing most of my life. It's important you buy the right type of coil for your machine. If the pitch is off no matter how hard you try you will not be able to get the coil on.

[@laurieponton4233]

Great video Heather, I have books that are falling apart, this will come in handy!

[@WayOverBooked]

I NEEDED THIS A YEAR AGO. THANK YOU FOR POSTING! just subscribed.

[@donnadebruyne6336]

Thanks Heather, it was enjoyable watching this, super helpful!

[@myalabamahome1125]

Thanks for making this video Heather! I want to spiral bound all my books too. :)

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

It’s fantastic! 😁

[@vicki8042]

thanks for explaining the whole process

[@TheLifeofaHomemaker]

This was so satisfying.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

😂 you have to come over now with your books!

[@mygreatestdayever]

This helped a lot. Thank you!

[@MsMollah]

Very interesting and helpful!

[@jumpoffa5011]

Excellent Job and Video. That was very informative and step by step instructions. :-)

[@itstheblessing]

Great video and wonderful job of explaining how to do this but Grandma here just doesn't have the patience for this , wish I did. Love your video's and little Mina's pretty little voice in the back ground . Thanks and bless you all , Linda

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

hahaha this is definitely NOT for everyone! My husband does not understand how this is fun for me. hahaha He bought it for me for Christmas from the kids.....and I have been playing with it every day since!

[@MissScrapAlot]

I have a crafting binder machine and LOVE IT !

[@dugchris2009]

Thanks, didn't know this is how done! Might have a new item to buy!

[@vincentoloo1765]

this is so helpful,I love it

[@nizarodriguez152]

Thank you for sharing... This truly helped me to get start it...

[@cnashford2]

Thanks. This helped a lot!

[@holly7471]

FYI with the laminator: we used to make placemats with the child’s current picture, favorite color, recent picture they draw, hand print, and a little message. They loved it! Just thought I would share.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

i absolutely love this idea! thank you!!!!

[@lindamoore9729]

Awesome job!! Thank you.

[@lilliecarter4176]

Thank you for this video I have been wanting to so this forever.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Oh you’re so welcome, Lillie! I knew this video wouldn’t be for everybody but for those few like us, who want to see it in action, I was hoping would be helpful in some way. I scoured youtube land and wished there were more videos on it! 😂👍🏻

[@gabri6858]

Great job!👍👍👍 Thank you for sharing! 😘

[@sherryrains9906]

Oh that turned out nice

[@kayesfavoritethings6745]

Great tutorial Heather!

[@Alisha_79]

Is the spiraling with the machine straightforward? I have arthritis also. So glad you posted the bindings today!

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Yes, it is! I love it and i have arthritis as well as a lot of metal in both my wrists. 🥰

[@thesnowgirl]

I like this type binding because you don't have to put the back on first with crimp coils.

[@KatieBurke-d3d]

Oh my goodness. I finally found THE video I needed to wrap my head around what I would need to do this ... and the binder machine is not available! Anyone know if there is an updated version or something similar they would recommend?

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

here ya go!!!!! I jumped on Amazon to take a look and was able to find it under a new link! amzn.to/3SRu02E

[@lynnetaylor8974]

great stuff! Thanks! Really good info.

[@carolyn.holman]

Great video!!! So want to do this now!!!

[@vickiey4561]

This is a great idea!

[@kathycumming637]

Thank you for making this can really use the lessons. Can I see you use the electric coiler as well?

[@michellelt4]

Love this idea!!

[@rodneymarois9445]

Great job:

[@cheekysaver]

Is that ever cool! This would be a great way to do up family cookbooks.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Yes!!!!! You could put all of the best family recipes together and create a book for every family member. Wouldnt that be a cool Christmas gift or Family Reunion gift to give?

[@cheekysaver]

Exactly. Mom is in her 70's (don't tell her I told you that) :D A recipe book for everyone with the family favorites would be amazing. The covers would be pretty easy to design and could be printed on a cardstock with actual pictures of the family favorites on them... then laminated (I have the laminator)... you would have to cut the holes in a single layer for covers but it would keep the covers nice and beefy. Yeah, I can totally picture it. Heck... you could even buy glossy paper and make it look like a for real cookbook. I guess I can picture it pretty clearly. Hahaha

[@lisawoods9391]

OH MY GOSH!! That is such a GREAT idea!! My daughters are always calling me for one recipe or another that I used to make them when they were kids ! Thank you for that! :)

[@laurakunkle3267]

Thanks Heather!

[@lylaschmooz]

Love it, Thanks for sharing. I did notice that some of the lettering on the pages were cut off at the holes. How do you eliminate that. It could be an important measurement that is missing.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Yeah, i think I got a bum book which is why it was on clearance for $1.50. It was close to the glue binding too. I would have to pull back some of the pages to read the words in the crease. 😂 None of my other books have had that issue but there is a margin control on the machine to adjust the hole punches. 😁

[@shirleneholland3489]

great info

[@rodneymarois9445]

Nice job I am making planners lol

[@sharonlatour6230]

very interesting! You could do that with recipes that you print out ! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Absolutely! You could make a family collection and make a book for each family member. ❤️

[@BethJacksonkd4ypb]

Good job.

[@DianaHarveyClark]

I loved this video!!!!

[@thepostnihilist]

I appreciate it.

[@bestillbaby]

Love this...thank u; perfect☀

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

You are so welcome!

[@sherryrains9906]

That's So neat

[@lindasegraves3376]

What a neat video, so much for you to teach and us to learn. This was a fun learning experience, Heather. One question "Does the spiral machine do the spiral binding or is this part always manually done? Thanks for your time to show many of us this process.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

YES! I spiraled it by hand just to show you how it's done, but the machine I purchased does do it for you. Which is a nice feature to have if you have bad hands or plan on coiling a lot of books!

[@CPC-Wanda]

❤️❤️❤️!!!! Love that machine!

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Happy Sunday Wanda! Do you have one of these? :D

[@CPC-Wanda]

The Kneady Homesteader I used one when I was secretary at the bank. Loved doing the reports every week. I’ve bought everything to do my cookbook but the machine. This year is the year!!

[@jugglingbalance6161]

This video is wildly memorizing for me 😂 I need to bind so many things!!

[@cherylsigler]

How Cool* is That👍🤗💕

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

How are you feelin, Mama????❤️❤️❤️ I think and pray for you often.

[@cherylsigler]

@@TheKneadyHomesteader doing better. I may be getting sinus. I hope not I already went threw that last month. Geez had my pneumonia and flue shots several months ago. I was hoping to avoid any colds🤣 This is my Last week of Heart Physical Therapy then I am on my own. Your so Sweet* Thank You💕

[@josiedelgado6523]

great video thanks.

[@kaydewinter3588]

well done hev

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Thanks Kay! ☺️

[@mschmidt9150]

THANK YOU

[@muddyacrefarms]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@companyof8]

This is such a helpful video! I’ve been researching binding machines (your link says yours is now out of stock?) and seeing how it works here is so helpful. Does it come with any binding coils or did you have to purchase them separately? Does the machine you have do the coiling / binding too or does it only punch the holes and you have to do it manually? Thank you so much for sharing Heather.

[@jeretta1000]

This is wonderful. I have the same cutter, only I need a new blade, can you tell me where to get one? I also have the same eliminator. I love them both. Thank you for sharing.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

you can pick them up at Hobby Lobby or Michaels or even Amazon!

[@brendahere]

You did a totally wonderful job explaining how it works. When you first showed your cook books I was really considering getting one. I have to admit though now I'm a little disappointed in the product. From what i see it's just a hole punch for $172. What I need to do is see if my wires will circle around the holes that my comb binder ($62) makes. I'm hoping the holes will match up and it will be a little cheaper,. The end result of a coiled book IS awesome though. To be able to lay a book flat and not struggle with pages avoids a lot of frustration. Well done.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

I didnt show the electric coil inserter, just in case someone bought a machine that didnt have one I wanted to show it is easy to do it by hand, just takes longer. I did pay extra for that feature which is nice because I don't have to sit there and spiral the coils by hand. The machine does it for you for any coil size under a 24mm I believe. So the BIG 400+ page books need to be done by hand still. This was the most inexpensive machine I could find that offered the oval punch. Anything less expensive than this model were all round hole. The oval hole is sooooo nice! It makes flipping through pages much easier than the round holes. With all of the books I have bound so far, the machine already paid for itself, had I taken in all my books and had them done by Office Max or some place similar. I don't like the comb binds, and they don't last long from the research I did. I was able to download for free Levels 1-5 for Language Arts from The Good and The beautiful. Thats 5 years worth of free curriculum. I plan on printing it all out and coiling it myself saving me hundreds of dollars. :D I also have downloaded a few PDF books, printed them and coiled them so I can read them instead of reading them on my phone. hahahaha

[@brendahere]

@@TheKneadyHomesteader you need to make another video. Lol your getting me on board. I quickly looked at the link and they were hand coiling too. If it coils, it would help with the hand and be worth it.

[@brendahere]

@@TheKneadyHomesteader I like the comb binder for daycare. Your right in that the binding does not last as long, but for childrens project its a good cheaper process that gets the job done and parents are happy. Now something like cookbooks and planners, something you want to keep long term or gets used a lot coil would be better

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

hahaha one better, here is a video that shows it, so you dont have to wait! if you noticed by the end of this video, my knuckles started getting red. I ended up not doing the 2nd book last night. But, when I use the auto coil inserter, its so much easier on my hands! Altho, you still use your hands quite a bit for the whole process. Here is the link, Sweet Mama! xoxoxo kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKjGZaalaqZ0m68&ab_channel=LaminationDepot

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

yeah, i totally see where a comb binder would be perfect for all of your littles!

[@renitameares3838]

Great idea for those greatly used cookbooks. I would try to figure out how to preserve the words on the binding edge. What would you suggest or was this book just too big?

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

I think I got a misprint magazine because some of the pages were lost even in its original state. I think thats why it was marked down to $1.50 when I bought it. 😂😊

[@renitameares3838]

The Kneady Homesteader well that explains a lot but what a DEAL!