Ahh, the venerable, tank-like Bostitch B5 stapler. I remember using these in school back in the 1970’s, but the version that my school used was the battleship grey wrinkle painted ones from the 50’s. Interestingly, Bostitch seems to have followed the painting scheme used by Royal typewriters, where they used black wrinkle paint in the late 30’s through the 1940’s, then switched to grey wrinkle around the same time Royal did in 1950.Another one of those $1 finds at Deseret Thrift, the B5 would normally be a stapler I’d pass right over despite my fond school memories, because they’re really common. I was stopped in my tracks by what I saw on the bottom of the machine:Yep, a DEALER STICKER! June 24, 2019There are three pins that pass through the width of the stapler.When you look at the outside of the stapler, they look like rivit heads, but they’re not. You can easily get them out by gently tapping with a hammer, then pulling with pliers.Reassembly is the reverse you tap the pins back in.The whole disassembly / reassembly process is very easy.If you send me an email address I’ll send you a diagram showing where the pins are located and what order to use when you remove or reassemble them plus a couple of cautionary notes about the reassembly.
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