How Do You Open A Swingline Stapler?

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Hold the base firmly in one hand and pull back the top of the stapler, including the staple tray

, to open it for tacking. Other models include a silver tab on the bottom of the stapler, toward the back. Press down on it and the stapler will automatically pop open enabling to use it to tack up papers.

How do you open an old Swingline stapler?


Hold the stapler against a flat surface

, such as a table. Keep one hand on the stapler’s lower jaw so it doesn’t move. Pull the plastic top up to expose the stapler tray. On a top load stapler, you’ll see the metal staple tray set inside the plastic.

How do you open a Swingline heavy duty stapler?

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Hold the base firmly in one hand and pull back the top of the stapler, including the staple tray

, to open it for tacking. Other models include a silver tab on the bottom of the stapler, toward the back. Press down on it and the stapler will automatically pop open enabling to use it to tack up papers.

How do you fix a stapler that won’t open?


Hold the top of the stapler magazine with

two fingers and slowly, while maintaining firm pressure, start pulling the lid apart from the part of the magazine that holds the staple. Be careful not to do this too quickly, or the lid might again fly open, spraying the staples all over your office or desk.

Why is my Swingline stapler not working?

A manual Swingline stapler that jams on a regular basis is most likely using the

wrong staples

. Take out any staples that are jammed into the Swingline stapler by twisting them as you pull with a pair of needle nose pliers. … Reassemble any other parts that were removed from the stapler.

How do you unblock a stapler?

To start, open the stapler completely so that the top and bottom are in a horizontal line. Before attempting to use household objects, try giving the

stapler a light shake

to see if the staple will just fall out. If unable to shake the jammed staple out, try to staple a single sheet of paper while the unit is jammed.

How do you fix a stapler problem?

To start, open the stapler completely so that the top and bottom are in a horizontal line. Before attempting to use household objects, try

giving the stapler a light shake to see if the staple will

just fall out. If unable to shake the jammed staple out, try to staple a single sheet of paper while the unit is jammed.

Why is my stapler stapling backwards?

The setting most people use is the one that causes the legs of the staple to bend inward to hold a stack of papers firmly together. This is the “staple” or “reflexive” setting. If the user reverses the strike plate,

the staple’s legs will splay outwards when they come through the paper

. This is the “pinning” setting.

How do you fix a stuck Swingline electric stapler?


Turn the stapler upside down and shake it

to clear out staples you can’t reach with your fingers. Grip the jammed staple with the needle-nose pliers and, while holding the stapler securely, pull it up. Twist the staple until it breaks into two pieces if it will not pull straight out. Pull out the two individual pieces.

How do you put the spring back on a stapler?

The spring

creates tension that pushes the staples toward the front of the stapler

. When pressure is applied to the head of the stapler, the magazine pushes down on the paper, and a metal plate in the head of the stapler pushes the front staple down the magazine. … This releases the magazine and head of the stapler.

How do you open a Swingline stapler with 2 70 sheets?

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Hold the base firmly in one hand and pull back the top of the stapler, including the staple tray

, to open it for tacking. Other models include a silver tab on the bottom of the stapler, toward the back. Press down on it and the stapler will automatically pop open enabling to use it to tack up papers.

How do you unjam a t50 stapler?

Unplug the staple gun before you try to fix it to avoid any injuries. Look for the release lever on the very bottom of the staple gun.

Pull on the lever to unclip the magazine

, then pull the magazine out of the gun. Remove any jammed staples in the magazine with needle-nose pliers.

How do you fix a big stapler?

  1. Firmly grab the handle of the heavy-duty stapler. …
  2. Pull out the remaining good staple clip and set it aside.
  3. Grab the jammed staple with the needle-nosed pliers and pull it out.
  4. Insert the solid clip of staples back into the head of the stapler.

How do staple guns work?

They use

expanding gas to push

the staple out of the gun, (very much like a real gun,) except that there is no powder to ignite as with a weapon, just compressed propellant gas, activated by pistons reacting to a gas-powered air compressor.

How do I change the settings on my stapler?

The common office stapler has two settings to provide the user a choice of

whether to firmly bind papers together using the “reflexive” or staple setting

, where the legs of the staple curve under for a firm hold, or to temporarily bind them with the milder “pinning” setting, which makes it easier to remove the staple …

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