Fix for Rexel Staple Wizard

If you are like me and a bit of a geek and love mechanised office desk kit, then you may well have one of these! The delightfully eccentric ‘Staple Wizard’ automatic mechanical stapler by Rexel.  #Repair #Recycle #Reuse  #Staple Wizard

You will find that eventually the bushings in the mechanism disintegrate, and since these devices are no longer available – and if you have any sort of practicality about you – a fix is needed… There is little online, so ‘Designer Hat’ on I have devised a solution.

 

 

There is a metal shaft which passes through the destroyed bushes, with a central roller that passes through the operating lever arm and is secured by miniature circlips either end.

 

 

 

 

Fix #1 – The easy option. The bushes need replacing with two small pieces of rubber tube (8mm o/d x 3mm io/d x 6.5mm).

Fix#2 – More secure and resists sideways movement. A combination of rubber tube (8mm o/d x 3mm i/d x 5.5mm) and nylon washers (12mm o/d x 3mm i/d x 1mm) as in the diagram below.

 

 

 

If you want me to send you the components (8mm Rubber Tube and Washers @ £10 + VAT), get in touch with me on mgt@equinoxpartners.co.uk or WhatsApp me on 07799 1066 33.

STEP 1 : Remove the battery cover, the batteries and unscrew the four small cross-head screws that hold on the base cover.

STEP 2 : With a small flat screwdriver carefully disengage the four cover tabs from the base. It is quite tricky but with a bit of persistence the clear acrylic cover comes loose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP 3 : Locate the small metal shaft, its roller, the two miniature circlips and remove from the assembly.

STEP 4 : With a pair of fine tweezers detach the circlip from one end of the shaft and put in a safe place (seriously small and losable). Slide out the roller too.

STEP 5A :  (Fix #1) Slide onto the shaft the first piece of rubber tube, followed by the roller and reassemble back in the mechanism. Pass the shaft and roller through the lever arm and then slide on the second rubber tube from the other side. A bit of wiggling to get it all in place and the carefully re-fix the circlip to the other side.  Fiddly and use the tweezers to secure in place.

STEP 5B :  (Fix #2) Similar to above. Slide onto the shaft the first piece of rubber tube and reintroduce this to the mechanism. Next fit the nylon washer and pass through the lever arm. From the other side fit the roller over the shaft and through the lever arm, then the second nylon washer and the second piece of rubber tube. Secure all in place with the circlip, as above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP 6 : Reassemble the base, reinstall batteries and battery cover. Check mechanism is working satisfactorily. (Keep fingers clear as the mechanism is quite powerful.) Clip the clear acrylic cover back into place.

Happy Stapling!