Reed Making

Chanter Reed Staple Former
Purpose: To complete final forming of staple.

1. The jig shown is merely an adaptation of a regular letter heading paper press. The small forms indicated were made by hand and fixed in position with an epoxy resin. It has been found that the best way to make these forms is to file them roughly to the dimensions required and use a pattern staple to fine file the forms to a snug fit.
2. Below is a sketch of a three inch 1/8" thick nail that has been converted into a form. The dimension of the flat end was arrived at in the same manner as those in paragraph I above.
   Taking an existing staple as a pattern, file the shape until it is a snug fit internally. Take care that it is not too large as the finished staple will have a break in the seal and therefore have an improper seal. The same applies to a former made too small except that the sides of the blank will overlap and not seal correctly.
3. Whilst making your staple former as in 2 above, it is an idea to use the other end as the form for the rolling of the staple blank as described in the previous operation on page 10.