Attempting to do so will likely result in incomplete holes at the end of your documents

Fairly new on the market, the AkilesCoilMac ER is a coil binding machine that is designed for small tomedium offices who may not want to spend a whole lot of money on abinding system. Built along the same lines (and in fact using anidentical platform) as the Akiles classic CoilMac-M, this systemincludes a small electric roller for inserting coil, a feature designedto further enhance productivity. Let's take a closer look now at thismachine,hg machinery  its strengths and weaknesses. Strengths: The Coilmac-ER punches a four to one pitch hole-pattern.This means that there are four holes per inch and forty-three roundholes on a standard 11" binding edge. These parameters mean that thismachine can be used with standard four-to one-pitch spiral coils, andin sizes that range from 6mm and 50mm. The small coil inserter that isincluded, however, will only work with spines that are up to seveneighths of an inch thick. Any larger, and you will need to spin thecoils by hand. The ER's punch is capable of handlingseventeen pages at a time, and is also rated for use with two plasticcovers at a time. This rates the ER as among the best on the market forits price point.

As stated above, the CoilMac-ER isessentially a carbon copy of one of the most popular, durable, andreliable coil binding machines on the market, the CoilMac M. Thedifference is that the ER comes with the added convenience of anelectric coil inserter. This makes the ER likely one of the mostfeature-rich coil binders on the market for its price.TheER comes with a pair of high-quality crimping pliers. These pliers arean absolutely essential part of the binding process, and around a $30value. Weaknesses: The coil inserter included on the ER is fairly small, andis located on the back of the machine, which is perhaps not the mostconvenient placement. There is only one roller on the inserter (mosthave two), and it is only about six inches long, making it difficult toimpossible to bind larger documents, or large numbers of documents.There are machines on the market that can do much heavier duty work,but if you are on a budget, and won't be using the ER much, it is stilla good value.The thirteen inch punching throat is great foruse with most common paper sizes, but is not the best for punching oddsized documents.

Attempting to do so will likely result in incompleteholes at the end of your documents. The CoilMac-ER has a fewdisengageable dies to allow you to punch the most common sizes ofpaper. However, special sized documents will be difficult to bind withthis machine.Again, for the price point, the ER would be agreat choice for smaller businesses that won't be using the machine forhuge jobs. Higher-volume users will want to look at machines thatfeature a larger manual punching capacity, or an electric punch. Recommendation: Considering that the ER costs only about 50 dollars more than theCoilMac M, the included inserter and crimping pliers make the ER theclear choice if you are considering both machines. However, highervolume users may want to consider stepping up to the Akiles CoilMac ECIor the larger electric CoilMac EPI.