Bit of a problem with my hole-puncher
Yeah I have this 3-hole puncher I use for schoolwork, and a few days ago it seems like a little piece of paper got jammed in the middle hole-puncher. It's like deep inside the thing so I can't remove it with fingers, and water can't get through to it. I have no clue how to get this thing working again. Anyone know?
I usually have some creative ideas. Can you post up a pic of the trouble spot?
Desperate Measures
10-09-2006, 22:06
Have you tried restarting it in safe mode? If that doesn't work, all I can tell you is to call tech support.
get a new one, and 3 holes? That hole puncer is a freak, use the normal two holed puncher :D
Rasselas
10-09-2006, 22:12
tweezers?
Andaluciae
10-09-2006, 22:14
Firefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefire firefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefire
Dinaverg
10-09-2006, 22:14
get a new one, and 3 holes? That hole puncer is a freak, use the normal two holed puncher :D
Binders are usually three ring In America. *nodnod*
Dinaverg
10-09-2006, 22:15
Firefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefire firefirefirefirefirefirefirefirefire
I agree with the quoted statement.
I usually have some creative ideas. Can you post up a pic of the trouble spot?
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Colodia/Image000.jpg
Best quality camera I have, since all I have is a cell-phone camera -_-
Anyway, that white thingy is the piece of paper.
Andaluciae
10-09-2006, 22:18
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Colodia/Image000.jpg
Best quality camera I have, since all I have is a cell-phone camera -_-
Anyway, that white thingy is the piece of paper.
Yeah. Burn it out.
Yeah. Burn it out.
Er, do we have a second opinion before we trust little Colodia to go running around with fire?
Binders are usually three ring In America. *nodnod*
:eek:
Andaluciae
10-09-2006, 22:22
Er, do we have a second opinion before we trust little Colodia to go running around with fire?
I agree with the quoted statement.
Yepper
Yepper
Grr.
Alrightie, let's see where this gets me.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Colodia/Image000.jpg
Best quality camera I have, since all I have is a cell-phone camera -_-
Anyway, that white thingy is the piece of paper.
That's a three hole puncher? Hm. Well, I can only assume you mean its jammed down the hole in the top, or that thing that sorta looks like a reflection of the hole puncher somewhere in the middle. If you can get a better angle, that'd be awesome.
However, if it is inside that black tube...
Turn on some hot water, and I mean really hot, then pour some in the tube, and put your hand over it, then shake it violently and see if comes free.
Meath Street
10-09-2006, 22:33
Try stabbing it with a pin, or use a drill or handgun to make your holes.
Fire might work if all that fails.
Willamena
10-09-2006, 22:41
Yeah I have this 3-hole puncher I use for schoolwork, and a few days ago it seems like a little piece of paper got jammed in the middle hole-puncher. It's like deep inside the thing so I can't remove it with fingers, and water can't get through to it. I have no clue how to get this thing working again. Anyone know?
Fire.
That's just the pryomaniac in me. Actually, just open up the 3-hole punch, take a pen and poke at it. It really works.
German Nightmare
10-09-2006, 23:10
Take it apart and reassemble it. That's how I fix my 2 hole puncher. Should work for the American model as well?
Can you reach the paper thing with a bend-up paper-clip?
Deep Kimchi
10-09-2006, 23:13
Yeah I have this 3-hole puncher I use for schoolwork, and a few days ago it seems like a little piece of paper got jammed in the middle hole-puncher. It's like deep inside the thing so I can't remove it with fingers, and water can't get through to it. I have no clue how to get this thing working again. Anyone know?
Here's the hole puncher I use.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/DSC_0060.jpg
Call to power
10-09-2006, 23:15
Here's the hole puncher I use.
compensating for something :D
I say you throw the thing away hole punchers are evil and I fail to see there point (slidey spine thingy’s FTW)
Desperate Measures
10-09-2006, 23:17
Here's the hole puncher I use.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/DSC_0060.jpg
That's not a hole puncher. THIS is a hole puncher.
http://www.ontwerpwerk.nl/files/images/Droog-spoon.jpg
Deep Kimchi
10-09-2006, 23:18
compensating for something :D
Nope. Not necessary to compensate for something that makes me popular at Tabu Social Club.
German Nightmare
10-09-2006, 23:34
Here's the hole puncher I use.
If you didn't have guns, there'd be nothing left of you. :p
Youve already probably worn out or damaged that punch head, so even if you get it freed up again this will probably be a regular occurance.
Cut your losses and buy a replacement punch head.
http://www.mysimon.com/Office-Supplies/9000-11047_8-0.html?mlpid=24079602
Deep Kimchi
10-09-2006, 23:40
If you didn't have guns, there'd be nothing left of you. :p
I didn't have any guns in London, and still existed.
German Nightmare
10-09-2006, 23:41
I didn't have any guns in London, and still existed.
I know, man, just teasing you ;)
It's interesting, though, that your solution to any problem would be "Shoot it!".
Deep Kimchi
10-09-2006, 23:43
I know, man, just teasing you ;)
It's interesting, though, that your solution to any problem would be "Shoot it!".
Once you've tried it, and seen it work, nothing else will do.
Hemingway was right, you know.
German Nightmare
10-09-2006, 23:54
Once you've tried it, and seen it work, nothing else will do.
Hemingway was right, you know.
Oh, I love Hemingway. I just don't like guns. And while they might come in handy in some situations - I don't think it's my approach to a solution. And if there's a situation where only a gun would be the approach to a solution, it ain't my place to be. :)
German Nightmare
11-09-2006, 00:10
Yeah I have this 3-hole puncher I use for schoolwork, and a few days ago it seems like a little piece of paper got jammed in the middle hole-puncher. It's like deep inside the thing so I can't remove it with fingers, and water can't get through to it. I have no clue how to get this thing working again. Anyone know?
Okay, so here's a little physics 101 thought (I'm not good at physics, but this much I know!):
Metal shrinks when it gets cold, so the space in between the parts where the paper got stuck might widen.
How about you put it in a plastic wrap and then put it into the freezer for about 30 minutes or so.
Maybe that will "shrink" the metal enough to the stuck paper to come free?
Deep Kimchi
11-09-2006, 00:15
Okay, so here's a little physics 101 thought (I'm not good at physics, but this much I know!):
Metal shrinks when it gets cold, so the space in between the parts where the paper got stuck might widen.
How about you put it in a plastic wrap and then put it into the freezer for about 30 minutes or so.
Maybe that will "shrink" the metal enough to the stuck paper to come free?
Take it outside.
Put a lit cigarette in between the bulk of the paper, making sure the coal stays lit.
Using an aluminum trough to put some distance between you and the hole puncher, pour several liters of liquid oxygen down the trough to the hole puncher.
Allow to cool - the paper should be gone.
Meath Street
11-09-2006, 13:58
Once you've tried it, and seen it work, nothing else will do.
Pure bullshit.
Smunkeeville
11-09-2006, 14:04
yeah, this happened to me once, I used a paperclip that I had bent into a pokey thing, and used it to push the paper out.
if that doesn't work, I am going to agree with fire.
you know you can buy that part at the office supply to replace in your hole punch for like $1 right?
Jeruselem
11-09-2006, 14:05
Tried using one of those hand-held vacuum cleaners?
you know you can buy that part at the office supply to replace in your hole punch for like $1 right?
What? And take the convient, smarter way out? I think not!
Deep Kimchi
11-09-2006, 22:36
Pure bullshit.
I differ.