Calendar Making Kits

What do you need to make Wire Bound Calendars?

1) Wire Binder and Closer.
The basic wire binder with fixed pins is great for making A4 Landscape/A3 Portrait Calendars.
When making an A4 Calendar in portrait (binding on the shortside) using a fixed pin machine you may end up with half a hole - There are 2 solutions. You trim the paper to size to avoid this, or you upgrade to a wire binder with selectable pins..
The selectable pins allow you to cancel the punch when you get half a hole - so you to bind any sized paper (up to A4) without getting half a hole..
For the more ambitious projects (100's - 1,000's of calendars) you should consider an Electric Punch as the manual punching can be strenuous.

2) Calendar Thumbcut Punch..
This is the tool to punch the semi circle in the top/centre of the paper to allow the pages to turn. The Cal Cutter is an excellent tool for this allowing you to cut the semicircle in a whole calendar in one go. For more commercial applications then the Oslo is recommended as it will slice through up to 10mm of paper in one go.

3) Calendar Hangers..
Calendar hangers are the little hooks that sit in the centre of the calendar allowing you hang your calendar. 76mm are excellent length for most calendars. There are 150mm hangers too for bigger calendars. The calendar hangers normally come in white, but we have a variety of colour available by special order, normally with next day delivery.

4) Binding Wires.
Binding Wires are the wires that hold the calendar pages together. For the majority of calendars a No4 wire is suitable. If you are using thick paper or card for every page and adding a thick cover and back then you should be looking to get a No 5 or 6 wire.

5) Wire Cutters.
You will need wire cutters to cut out the centre of the binding wire to slot in the hanger.

CALENDAR MAKING HELP - You can get assistance before purchase by emailing us at - mail@butonz.com or by calling Pete on 01626 330 775. .
OUR HELP DOESN'T STOP THERE - We are happy to give advice on the equipment or calendar design after you have purchased - to ensure you get the best results every time.

All our machines are new and come with full manufacturers warranty so you can be sure you will get the best care on any of our equipment. Any problems - just give us a call or send us an email - We are here to help.

Calendar Making Kits