Today I printed out the user manual for my Yaesu 7800 Ham radio. I had lost the original manual, and needed a paper copy to keep in the truck.

Adobe reader has a neat "booklet" print option. It will print the booklet as it was from the factory. Most manufacturers now provide user manuals in PDF format that are identical to their factory printed manuals. I printed my manual double sided, in booklet form, and it turned out exactly as the factory book did.

But it wasn't bound. The factory book was stapled, but my stapler does not have a big enough throat to staple to the center of the book.


I found this web page: http://www.designsponge.com/2013/03/...et-stitch.html

I laid out my marks and drilled my holes with a 5/64" drill bit:


I used a 2' long strand from 550 para cord to do the lace and covered inner and outer with clear packing tape to keep it from getting snagged:




I used a small, flat blade eyeglass screw driver to push the string through the holes.

It cost me nothing to do this, and I only had to leave my chair to track down some paracord. I have a few other manuals to print out, and I will use the same method.