There comes a time when a human must look into one's self and ask some serious questions, some of which can't be answered...
Here at LHA we are a supportive bunch and decided to lend each other some advice in order to help answer these behemoth queries, queries such as which way to tackle a stack of paper with a stapler!
Do you take Ben's 'toy soldier' approach and bang it straight up and down in the 12o'clock position?
Or perhaps you follow Mike and whip it in horizontally sending the 'aeroplane' across the page?
Or, maybe you're still a bit confused like myself and can't decide which is more appropriate... so you take the best of both, cut it up the middle, and fang it in sideways!
Considering I'm writing this post, I can also add that the 45degree pin allows for a near perfect fold when reading through multiple page stapled documents.
I hope this helps next time you're confronted by a stack of processed timber and armed with tiny pieces of folded steel!
- jeremy
As an architect I am interested in expressing the function of structural elements. By doing this I demonstrate that I understand the functional nature of the structural element and that I am using it in the most efficient way. To force a structural element to perform against its inherent strength and function is to ask it to work harder than it was designed to. This demands a larger, heavier and stronger structure than might have otherwise be required. Without this we face a greater likelihood of structural failure.
ReplyDeleteWhen a stack of paper is stapled in its top left hand corner, and in turn opened, the natural tendency is for the opened leaves to open across the diagonal axis of the paper. The resultant force is one that follows this diagonal axis. The staple's role is to resist this force.
As someone interested in the search for beauty through the efficient use of materials and therefore the expression of their function, the only proper way to staple a stack of paper is to align the staple perpendicular to the force it resists. This shares the load of the open page across both fixing points, uses the staple to its maximum potential and reduces the chance of structural failure.
Jeremy, you are not confused. You are clearly gifted. Mike and Ben, you're lucky to have this man around teaching you important stuff like this. I can only suggest you take more notice of him ;-)