Stitch 'n Fold B2000

The Stitch'n Fold B2000 is a type of Booklet Maker. It has a side jog plus full length tape feed, and uses wire to make the staples.

Specifications

Paper Size: Min. 4.75" x 8.5" Max. 12.5" x 18" (also: A5 to A3)

Booklets: 4.25" x 5.5", 5.5" x 8.5", 8.5" x 11", 4.75" x 4.75 "CD", & metric sizes

(All booklets with or without trim stock on one or three sides)

Stitch Space: 5.5" on 8.5" or 11" tall books 2.75" on 5.5" tall books

Unit Weight: 235 Pounds

Speed: Up to 2,300 booklets per hour (any size)

Capacity: 2 to 25 sheets of 20# bond (100 page book)

Re-load: 65,000 booklets per spool of wire

Footprint: 16.25" x 22.5"

Dimensions: Height 25" Width 21" Depth 52"

Equipment maintenance

Cleaning the rollers

Using a sacrificial outer sheet or waiting for the ink on the covers to dry can help avoid ink buildup on the rollers. You can wipe down the rollers with cleaner. (At ANEMONE we use a mix of rubbing alcohol and water with shop towels, but I'm not sure that's the best cleaning method.) To access the lower rollers, you can also remove the entire delivery table and clean from the outside of the machine.

Replacing the rollers

From Ben at BearBear: We found a rubber roller manufacturer within a reasonable distance. They had someone visit the studio to look at the rollers, and invoiced us 400 total (99 per roller). We did the removal of the rollers prior to their visit for easy handoff. Once they gave the refreshed rollers back we installed ourselves.

• The inside of the machine you’ll see the rollers are connected to plastic blocks with springs that are giving tension between them and the machine. Turn off machine, unplug, remove the two large metal covers. Pretty easy, they are held in by about 4 screws from what I recall.
• Your first task is taking photos beforehand as a reminder as to where everything sits. It also might help to write 1,2,3,4 each block and where the rollers are on the machine itself. I think there are a two different spring types to note as well, as they are purposefully placed in their locations for strength. You’ll then work on figuring out loosening the chains from the areas where those plastic blocks are. I didn’t fully remove chains. I might even have my recollection wrong of when to remove the chain from the side for photo 1. You might have to remove one of the gears first to loosen it.
• You’ll use alan keys to loosen the gears, this may be difficult and might require PB penetrating oil to help loosen. Once those are loose, you’ll be able to start wiggling those gears out and carefully remove the blocks and springs. Be careful as there is tension with those springs and they’ll do their best to fly away. This might require some problem solving on removal/re-entry. I honestly think I was using a large flathead screwdriver but it probably wasn’t the best tool for the job haha.
• Once you have everything out you’ll be able to shimmy the rollers out. It does take a little bit of time just to get familiar with everything. I’m just kind of giving a general ideal of what to expect, take your time and just get to know the machine and pieces. You’ll gain confidence as you go along!
  

Groups with this equipment:

Currently using the Stitch 'n Fold B2000:

• ANEMONE
• BearBear
• rathaus press

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