Akiles WireMac-31 Model AWM31 Wire Punch & Binding Equipment, 3:1 Pitch, All 40 Disengaging Dies, Square (0.157x 0.157Hole Punch, Heavy-Duty, 20 Sheets Single Punching Capacity (20 lbs Paper)

This machine will last a life time. So easy now for us to produce professional proposals in house with out the added expense of travel of shiping. Worth the price. It is a VERY heavy machine.

great machine at a good price

There are lots of cheap options out there, but this is worth the money if you bind often or in a hurry. The handles are long so there's lots of leverage. The punching is clean and easy for lots of sheets. The only improvement would be using a toothed binding holder for sliding the sheets onto the wire. The spring clamp down doesn't hold the binding in precision so you need to carefully get the first sheets started. Other high end binders by Akiles have a toothed binder holder that keeps them in perfect alignment.

First review I have ever written. Great product, very stable design. We'll worth the money. The only binders I could fine locally are comb binders and the twin binders are much nicer looking products in the end. I get very professional looking end products now.

The hole inset knob really seems to have only two settings even though it shows four. So it punches deep in the page or close to the edge but nothing between the two.